Bill Clinton

Presidential Debates: The Top 5 Internet Memes

The presidential debates always give voters so much more than insight about the candidates -- it gives them fodder, and more fodder to turn political discourse into Internet entertainment.   And after last night's final debate -- which included and some fun stuff, like horses and bayonets and M ... More >>

How Obama and Romney Are Presiding Over the Death of the Campaign Song

Last week in Charlotte, Bill Clinton stepped to a podium in front of his party's delegation and delivered a speech. Maybe you saw it? What I remember are words -- lots of words. Some of them wrapped around statistics, others glaring back at me like bumper stickers on chrome. Clinton's words flowed f ... More >>

Presidential-Worthy Cookies in The City of Repose

One might not expect to find pastries from a chef trained by a former White House toque in a City of Repose, but that's part of what makes the Bay Area food scene always surprising. Nora's Patisserie (29 San Pedro Road), located on a non-descript stretch in Colma, is a hidden treasure for appreciat ... More >>

The Year in SF Music: Stories We'll Remember From 2010

​From SF Weekly's latest print music section: Is Lil B God, the Devil, or Paris Hilton?: Rap in 2010 had no voice more prolific or polarizing than Berkeley's Lil B. After some local success with post-hyphy quartet the Pack, B subchristened himself "the Based God" and showed the world what it ... More >>

"Inside Job": Charles Ferguson's meltdown doc will make you seethe

Top 10 Reasons Bill Clinton Endorsed Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown's official gubernatorial portrait. Yes, really.​One day after Jerry Brown felt the need to apologize for making light of President Bill Clinton's past as a lying philanderer, the latter endorsed the former for governor of the great state of California. What gives? 10. Bill just doesn't ... More >>

Her House Divided

The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

The Week in Gay: Defense of Marriage Act Indefensible

Judge Joseph Tauro​The story of the week: A federal judge in Massachusetts declared that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) - passed by Congress in 1996 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton - violates the U.S. Constitution. In his decision, Judge Joseph Tauro (A fiery young radical aged ... More >>

Newsom quotes the giant within

Gavin Newsom and Bill Clinton: Birds of a feather

Bill Clinton Throws Weight Behind Gavin Newsom. 'This Doesn't Suck,' Quips Political Analyst.

The big political news of the day is that President Bill Clinton will officially endorse Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign for governor of this state. You don't have to be a conspiracist to see the politics in these politics: Newsom was an unabashed Hillary Clinton loyalist and Bill Clinton and Jerry Br ... More >>

Newsom Team Slaps Down Tony Hall's Clinton Payback Story -- With Sarcasm

'Great catch, guys...'​Running on adrenalin apparently left over from this morning's Bill Clinton endorsement, Gavin Newsom's crack campaign staff wasted no time in slapping back at an SF Weekly blog item, which had alleged a vast political conspiracy with San Francisco's mayor at its center. The ... More >>

Burgeoning Legal Battle Over What an 'Appropriation' Is Could Mean Millions For San Francisco

The most unkindest cut of all?​A decade ago, Bill Clinton was roundly excoriated for answering a question from Paula Jones' lawyer with the memorable non-answer, "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Clinton's perfidy led to eight years of President George W. Bush and Jones cashi ... More >>

While Signs Look Good for Current TV Journalists in North Korea, Current TV Continues to Give North Korea Treatment to Journalists Here

Homeward bound? You won't learn about it on Current TV.​Bill Clinton's surprise trip to Pyongyang could be a monumental achievement for all parties involved: San Francisco's Current TV could finally see the return of its two imprisoned journalists, Kim Jong-il could get that much-needed infusion o ... More >>

History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

And That’s the Way It Was

Holy Shit, Boys and Girls: It's our 1,000th Post on The Snitch!

Definitely, Maybe Rejects the V-Day RomCom Bliss

Presidential Hopefuls Politicize Bay Area Restaurants: Is Nothing Sacred?

ABC7 Makes The Times: Raw Matthews-On-Clinton Action

Boomtastrophe

Baby Boomers hoped to die before they got old. They lied. And now they’re dragging the whole country down.

Hot Air

Richard Branson's phony plans to fight global warming, his Virgin startup at SFO, and the Fox host who missed a dig

Letter-Box Edition

Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle

Who's the Man?

Role Play

Probing behind our postures

Husbanding Our Resources

To close the budget deficit, Mayor Newsom should take on the fire union and SFO's bureaucrats before he closes a single rec center for a single hour

Pat the Politician: A Political Pull and Poke Parody

A tired but alluring satire of the toddler classic Pat the Bunny

Slippery When Wet

Finding a hidden gem in a Chinese restaurant

OK Then

Why Pansy Division still matters -- and not just to suburban kids

Dem Blues

The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

A Wafer-Thin Dilemma

Take Communion or stay seated in your pew? A dilemma fit for an agnostic

Hail to the Ex-Chief

Clinton gets the rock star treatment at UC Berkeley; Chron Covers Enron-Size Bust

The Adventures of Capt. GayMan

The Bush administration has released the first- ever Army training manual on homosexual policy -- as a comic book

Asking, Telling

The Pentagon claims gays who serve openly undermine the force, but a local researcher's evidence says otherwise. Could his work help President Bush make life better for gay soldiers than it ever was under Clinton?

Outside the Game

Greil Marcus struggles to link a president and a king

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Savage Love

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Mecklin

Savage Love

Here Today, Gandhi Tomorrow?

Amazing tale of Walnut Creek man who gave Clinton $325,000; immunity possible for congressional testimony

Pulling the Gimp String

Dog Bites

Riff Raff

Identity Crisis

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Air Force One -- Audience Nothing

Unspun

Savage Love

The Absolutely True, Somewhat Spurious and Totally Impossible

CONSPIRACIES BY THE BAY!!!

Dog Bites