Ayn Rand

Bouncer Ponders the Altruism of Buying Drinks at Dave's

Reba McEntire & Ronnie Dunn: Today's Country Is Yesterday's Coldplay

On occasion, All Shook Down gives a listen to the music that is to real America what brine is to a cucumber. This is one of those occasions. Reba McEntire, "If I Were a Boy" Since Americans only got around to segregating their mongrel pop music into discrete categories like "Race" and "H ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

On occasion, All Shook Down gives a listen to the music that is to real America what brine is to a cucumber. This is one of those occasions. Reba McEntire, "If I Were a Boy" Since Americans only got around to segregating their mongrel pop music into discrete categories like "Race" and "H ... More >>

The Gay Gratitude List

Oh happy day...​The Week in GayIn recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of the acknowledgment that things aren't all that bad (or maybe they are and we need to stop and smell the roses) I offer a list of events and persons worthy of gratitude.For example: Skating with the Star ... More >>

Study Finds Many iPhone Users Are Tea Party Supporters (Really)

Apple's iPhone: The preferred mobile device of semi-literate morons​We certainly wouldn't have seen this one coming. A poll released today by the tech policy group CALinnovates.org reveals that iPhone users -- whom we would have firmly placed in the same consumer class as those who sip lattes and ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Apple's iPhone: The preferred mobile device of semi-literate morons​We certainly wouldn't have seen this one coming. A poll released today by the tech policy group CALinnovates.org reveals that iPhone users -- whom we would have firmly placed in the same consumer class as those who sip lattes and ... More >>

FarmVillains

Steal someone else's game. Change its name. Make millions. Repeat.

Against all odds, a radical S.F. Republican takes on Nancy Pelosi

Steal someone else's game. Change its name. Make millions. Repeat.

SF Gov InAction: Gavin Newsom Explains It All

  Never one to be left out of a media shark attack, I scored my own interview with Gavin Newsom last week to talk about what's next for San Francisco. What follows is the unedited transcript. BENJAMIN: "Hey, are you Gavin Newsom?" NEWSOM: "Yeah. It's a pleasure to meet you." BENJAMIN: "How ... More >>

Local Frequency: Q&A with Upstairs Downstairs

​Mission-based indie rock band Upstairs Downstairs juxtaposes dark, atmospheric lyrics with lush folk-pop melodies, crafting the perfect soundtrack for foggy, rainy days in the city. The year-old act will be recording its first EP this December. Title pending, the disc will be a collection of cu ... More >>

Bioshock to the Xbox

A crumbling utopia sets the stage for the world's most fascinating shooter

Pot's for pussies

A crumbling utopia sets the stage for the world's most fascinating shooter

The Counter-Counterculture

Ah, to be young and Republican at Cal

Oh, God

Forgive them, Father

Reps Etc.

Forgive them, Father

Letters to the Editor

Week of December 24, 2003

Intrepid Antiwarriors of the Libertarian Right Stake Their Rightful Claim to Power

Looking into the endearing obsession known as Antiwar.com

Old School

You've read this story before, but Wolff's honesty and precision keep it fresh

Champagne Tastes

Not to be too Ayn Rand-y about it, but Dog Bites loves all the new luxury high-rises downtown

Dog Bites

Not to be too Ayn Rand-y about it, but Dog Bites loves all the new luxury high-rises downtown

Has the Church of Satan Gone to Hell?

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Letters

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Night + Day

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy