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    September 6, 2011

    Michael Arrington's Rhetorical Jiu Jitsu

    ​ The defense that Michael Arrington and TechCrunch have mounted against charges that the tech-news site has violated ethical norms comes down to: "Trust me." But of course, that won't cut it. As with laws, ethics rules exist because people can't be trusted to always police themselves. Even if m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    How Google Ended the 'Browser Wars'

    ​Today is the 16th anniversary of Netscape's initial public offering. It occurs to me that many of you might be only vaguely aware of Netscape, and of what it meant to us in the mid-'90s. That's because many of you were toddlers, or perhaps not even born yet. That's depressing and mindblowing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Genetically Modified Beets at the Center of Food Safety Debate

    Fact: Beet deregulation would be a boon to Schrute family farms ​Beets are not always the preferred vegetable on one's plate, but they are considered among the healthier foods we eat -- until they're not.Food Safety groups are challenging beet growers who are attempting to plant genetically engine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    San Francisco's Clean Power Program Collapses, Starts Over

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Artist Q&A w/ General Elektriks

    ​Hervé "RV" Salters is best known locally as the keyboardist from Honeycut and a frequent collaborator with fellow Quannum Projects mates Blackalicious. A few years ago, while on downtime from Honeycut, Salters decided to record his first solo effort, Cliquety Kliqk, under the moniker General El ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Seen In San Francisco: Soccer Head!

    Joe EskenaziGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL ... What the hell? ​Clamber onto the Muni train after a night at the bars and see this guy and, for a moment, you'll wonder what it is they slipped in your drink. But then you'll be reassured (and still drunk) because you read SF Weekly. And you know that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Let Freedom Ring: Federal Judge Rules That, Yes, You Are Entitled To Mail Out Pictures of Your Enemies Altered to Look Like Hitler

    No worries, Basil. It's 'fair use!' ​In the past few years, it seems the powers that be have found so many devious new ways to restrict our freedoms. They're reading our e-mails, listening to our phone calls, and calling up incessantly to try to get us to donate to their "Police Athletic Leagues" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    RollerSoccer -- An Exciting New Way To Self-Inflict Tragic Groin Injuries -- To Be Demonstrated in Mission

    In December of 1995, Zack Phillips was skating down a San Francisco street when a ball rolled into his path. He nonchalantly kicked it back to the soccer players and was struck with an idea that would change the world. Or at least Zack Phillips' world. Well, somewhere between the two. Phillips -- a ... More >>

  • News

    December 27, 2006

    Year of the Blockhead

    We're dumbing down and it's the new media's fault

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    BART’s Radar Dreams

    We're dumbing down and it's the new media's fault

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Chronicle Columnist

    We're dumbing down and it's the new media's fault

  • Film

    October 15, 2003

    The 400 Blows

    A movie about teenage name-calling -- using the raw words the kids

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Cheerleaders of War

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

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Tanks for the Memories

    Reconnoitering the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation and its 205 military vehicles. In Portola Valley.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Tapped Out

    San Francisco slips one more notch as a global business player

  • Film

    April 21, 1999

    Reel World

    San Francisco slips one more notch as a global business player

  • Calendar

    February 17, 1999

    Night + Day

    San Francisco slips one more notch as a global business player

  • Calendar

    November 18, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    San Francisco slips one more notch as a global business player

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    What's the Harman a Big Checchi Account?

    Conflict of interest and the Democrats' wealthy wannabe governors

  • News

    November 5, 1997

    Checchi's Checkered Record

    Megamillionaire Al Checchi thinks he piloted Northwest Airlines so well that you should elect him governor. Actually, he sucked in public subsidies, strong-armed unions, reneged on promises -- and still almost flew the firm into the ground.

  • Calendar

    July 30, 1997

    Unspun

    Megamillionaire Al Checchi thinks he piloted Northwest Airlines so well that you should elect him governor. Actually, he sucked in public subsidies, strong-armed unions, reneged on promises -- and still almost flew the firm into the ground.

  • Film

    June 5, 1996

    Elementary, My Dear Children

    Debra Chasnoff's new documentary looks at how a loaded subject is handled in school

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