Donald H. Rumsfeld

Hey, big spender! (Craigslist is ridiculous)

Condi Rice was Boring, Judith Miller was the NYT's "WMD" — Brinkley Reports

Chevron's Prince of Darkness

By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

Surge This

Breaking out of the pack of Iraq War docs, No End in Sight devastates

The Man Who Would Be Feinstein

So you've never heard of Christopher Dahl. He'd still like to be your U.S. Senator.

Fun With Flesh Wounds

The epic poem Beowulf gets the Monty Python treatment

All Gave Some

Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

How Free?

A drama whose time is now

No Film at 11

Gunner Palace shows what the news doesn't

Chemical Welfare

The government accuses Bechtel of mismanagement as a smoke screen to avoid paying for alternative means of destroying deadly gases

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Feb. 2, 2005

Taking the Bait

Chris Finley's art dives below the surface

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Dec. 15, 2004

Reps Etc.

Things we were obsessing about on Dec. 15, 2004

The Story of M

When perverts navel-gaze

Heavy Traffic

Why poetry still matters

The Whole Truth?

Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

Get a Pop Life

The Grey Album made everyone forget about Danger Mouse and Jemini's Ghetto Pop Life. It's time to remember.

Pitt and the Pabulum

Brad's ripped and The Iliad's shredded in the scintillating spectacle Troy

Surprise!

If you think S.F. is ready for a terrorist attack – even two years-plus after 9/11 – think again

Capital Rap

From revolutionary rapper to stockbroker to rapper again -- the long, strange trip of Paris, aka Oscar Jackson Jr.

Rolling in War Bucks

How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense

Letters to the Editor

Week of July 9, 2003

The World According to Bechtel

There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

It's a Bechtel World

Think that a $680 million Iraq contract is a big deal? You don't know Bechtel.

Reps Etc.

Think that a $680 million Iraq contract is a big deal? You don't know Bechtel.

Roots Radical

Rocker-T wants to unite roots reggae's spirituality with dancehall's hedonistic swagger

Nervous in the Service

As war looms in Iraq, some U.S. reservists are trying to get out of their military obligations

Cheerleaders of War

Post-Saddam Iraq will be "a gold mine" of opportunity for U.S. and foreign contractors, says an exile leader

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

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?

Wandering Spain with the lone wolf of Jim Jarmusch's Limits of Control

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?

The Limits of Control

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?

"The Oath": Ghosts of 9/11 with two of bin Laden's own

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?

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 >>

“The Tillman Story”: A furious documentary on a craven cover-up

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 >>

The Limits of Control

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 >>

Fang Island: Show Preview

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 >>

San Francisco Media Agog Over Cold Weather

Wow, 37 degrees! How ever did you manage, sir? ​Donald Rumsfeld confused a lot of people when he rambled on about "known knowns," "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns." But, flipping on the morning news and watching, in quick succession, a trio of stories featuring man-on-the-street interviews w ... More >>

February book events in San Francisco

Wow, 37 degrees! How ever did you manage, sir? ​Donald Rumsfeld confused a lot of people when he rambled on about "known knowns," "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns." But, flipping on the morning news and watching, in quick succession, a trio of stories featuring man-on-the-street interviews w ... More >>

Donald Rumsfeld Calls Oakland Raiders 'Evil'

Is this the face of evil?​In a recent interview that just so happened to take place on Super Bowl Sunday, Donald Rumsfeld -- who was notoriously regarded as callous during his term as Defense Secretary during George W. Bush's Iraq War -- dropped another "evildoer" reference. But this time he was t ... More >>

No, Twitter Hasn't Replaced CNN

​It's become perfectly predictable: Every time there's a major news event, people spend several days talking about how Twitter and Facebook are replacing traditional news organizations -- the (sigh) "MSM." Even if the word "replacing" isn't used, that's often the implicationIn the present case -- ... More >>

Prop 13: The Building-Sized Loopholes Corporations Exploit

​It's become perfectly predictable: Every time there's a major news event, people spend several days talking about how Twitter and Facebook are replacing traditional news organizations -- the (sigh) "MSM." Even if the word "replacing" isn't used, that's often the implicationIn the present case -- ... More >>