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The ugly underside of marijuana cultivation
If you smoke pot, there's a good chance that your weed was produced by a drug syndicate paying immigrant laborers scant wages to camp out and foul the environment. Sorry, man. Did that bring you down?

Opinion: The case for impeaching George W. Bush
Sociology professor Peter Phillips on why impeachment proceedings should commence.

Prisoners' visitation rights
The incarcerated suffer a civil death that now extends to seeing friends and family.

News briefs for Sonoma, Marin and Napa
Santa Rosa passes 1 percent for art measure; San Rafael's Canal Alliance raises funds and another Wal-Mart looms for Napa.

Ask Sydney: No question too big, too small or too off-the-wall
Rich with nuthin'; little boys and toys; and peeing in the shower.

Profile: Director David Silverman on 'The Simpsons'
Silverman and colleagues aim for the ego when creating comedy for America's best-loved dysfunctional family.

Preview: Otto Preminger tribute in San Rafael
Four newly refurbished films screen in tribute and such as David Thomson discuss their significance.

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Essay: The Eagles and Wal-Mart
Life in the check-out lane? Makes you wanna lose your mind.

Preview: Roy Zimmerman
Satirist carries on Tom Lehrer's tradition.

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Profile: Chef Octavio Barrera of Napa Cuvée
Why is Barrera so good? It's not rocket science: he likes to cook.

Review: Santa Trata in Santa Rosa
Eritrean food that's still finding the spice cupboard.

Essay: Politics moves on its stomach
Stett Holbrook on the meaning of an appetite for change.

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Stage review: 'Sunshine Boys' and 'West Side Story'
Pacific Alliance Stage Co and SRJC each mount stellar shows.

Letters to the Editor
November 29-December 5, 2006.