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There Are No Conservatives Worth Following on Social Media

"Follow liberally," exhorts Liz Heron. "You never know who will lead you to discover something unique or important." This is one of "The Rules of Social Media" that Fast Company thinks we all should adhere to. Heron, who runs social media for the Wall Street Journal, doesn't mean "liberally" in a p ... More >>

Is it Osama or Obama Bin Laden?

Fox News probably doesn't think there is a difference between Osama and Obama​Twitter was abuzz after Fox News made the Freudian slip yesterday when announcing that Obama, not Osama, bin Laden is dead. Sure, the names are off by only one letter, but that one letter spells the difference between th ... More >>

Newsom's advisers accused of providing rollout for a coup

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report Confirms: SF Weekly Found Bin Laden in October 2001

He's on the right...​For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released Monday suggests the publication you're now reading pr ... More >>

Basebrawl: Denver Rapscallions Bid Adieu to San Francisco With Questionable Taste -- and Accuracy

​The other day, we noted that, once again, Giants fans will have the unenviable task of determining which other teams they detest least in the postseason. It's a difficult and unpleasant task akin to deciding which kidney you'd rather part with or which non-Alec Baldwin brother you'd want to sit n ... More >>

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Willie Brown acknowledges his cronies fed at the city trough? Now that's funny.

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In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?

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George of the Bungle

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Week of March 26, 2003

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Week of December 24, 2002

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The Spybots Among Us

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Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

The Call of Afghanistan

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