Idiot to savant
Joey reflects on readers and her coping tools for drama, grief and suffering.
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ESSAY: Obamacare saved this writer money, but cost him one potentially important right
By Cody Drabble “Obamacare” naysayers may demonize every dotted “i” and crossed “t” in the Affordable Care Act, but not me. When I aged out…
Love, loss and other crazy-makers
Joey advises a reader that answers about a breakup are not always what we expect.
ESSAY: Sacramento is a secret bastion of national power
By Dave Kempa Whenever I say I live in Sacramento, folks from out of state furrow their brows and ask, “Is that on the coast?”…
Desperately seeking justice
By Raheem F. Hosseini and Scott Thomas Anderson Savannah knew she was going to die. Tortured and trussed in handcuffs, cable ties and electrical tape,…
The soul’s small voice
Joey advises a reader to follow her call to travel.
For three strange days: A short history of Thanksgiving
Just in time for that turkey coma and Black Friday frenzy, our writer muses on the origins of Thanksgiving: By Julianna Boggs Our…
eDisharmony and cheaters in love
Joey advises a reader to see her cheating boyfriend for who he really is.
Death Grips: terrorists of noise
By Blake Gillespie Their aim is true: Try as I might, I can’t hate Death Grips. When the Sacramento experimental rap trio signed to…
Homeless youth center searches for other funding sources
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 propped open a critical drop-in center for homeless youth that was set to close this week. But Sacramento’s Wind…
Where have all the good men gone?
Joey advises a reader to recognize her self-sabotaging habits.
Wind Center for homeless youth gets last-minute reprieve
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 will prop open a critical drop-in center for Sacramento’s homeless youth that was set to close after Friday, SN&R…
Baby daddy imbroglio snares Twin Rivers trustee
After months of skirting paternity-test suspicions and financial disclosure charges, Cortez L. Quinn, the embattled Twin Rivers school board trustee and Assemblyman Roger Dicksinson’s former chief of…
Don’t be a stalker
Joey advises a reader to focus on herself—not a disinterested man.
Scorekeeper V: This week's losers include American River College administrators, Dickey's BBQ, absinthe drinkers and jerks who try to rob Safeway
Ill communication American River College communications professor Geoffrey Stockdale was put on paid administrative leave last week after a student suffered a head injury during…
Drug charge dropped for really generous candy man
Giving kids free candy can get you arrested. That is, if you’re doing it a full week before Halloween and you’re on probation. That’s reportedly…
Happiness, no bitter chasers
Joey advises a reader to embrace rebirth.