International Relations

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

Nuclear Holocaust Short 34 Tons of Plutonium -- Russia, U.S. Deal

WOOOOHOOOO! America (Virtually) Rocks!

Dear God: If you can't stop Mark Morford, please teach him to use the internet

Tonight: Deep Fried Not Bombs

One World, Under Gorby

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

Candidate Promises, Citizen Mayor Delivers?

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

Free Trade (in Doctors)

If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors

Touch me, I'm sick

If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors

The Nuclear Option

An original opera about the makers of the atomic bomb fails to ignite

Remember Los Alamos!

So some computers, disk drives, keys, and uranium have been "misplaced." Don't you still think UC should run the top-secret Los Alamos nuclear lab? Take quiz, find out.

Student of Concern

Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?

Art Bandits

What's stealing and what's not, in "Pirated: A Post Asian Perspective"

The Power of Yes

A pair of political pranksters invent the art of "identity correction"

Bugging Out

The feds hold up germ experiments at Los Alamos National Lab

A Question of Risk

Plans for a biodefense "hot lab" at Lawrence Livermore have ecologists, disarmament advocates, and mainstream scientists up in arms

Blowup

The true age of shock and awe, seen in 100 photos of nuclear explosions

Glowing Review

The Navy says radiation levels are within federal safety guidelines, but are higher than what is legally acceptable for the property to be transferred

Sir Vidia's Shadow

Superb acting and careful directing draw out a play about sex and socialism

It's a Bechtel World

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

Hot Story

Navy admits burning 600,000 gallons of radioactive fuel at S.F. shipyard

Regime Changing

This all-American kid from Monterey is now one of the foremost experts on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Where does he go from here?

Trash Gawk

Looking in on the bucolic fun at the Springtime Egg Sucking fest and the Sadie Hawkins Dance

Letters to the Editor

Week of November 6, 2002

Not Your Mother's Peace Movement

Major anti-war groups change strategy, hoping to win over mainstream voters the Bush administration can't ignore

Fallout: The Past Is Present

The Nuclear Witnesses

Too Close for Comfort

The weird coincidences between last week's terrorist attacks and David Hagberg's novels have been keeping the author up at night

Fallout

Newly released documents indicate the Navy dumped far more nuclear waste than it's ever acknowledged in a major commercial fishery just 30 miles west of San Francisco. Why won't the government even study the Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Site?

Fallout

How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.

Artjournalism

Bruce Conner, the greatest artist you don't know, uses our Peter Byrne for image-honing purposes. We use Conner to get you to pick up the paper.

Slave Wages

Those forced to labor for Japan in World War II are now suing in California courts

Postscript

Anarchy Through Government (and Vice Versa)

South to the Future

Conservatives Help Fund Anti-WTO Rally

The President's Dilemma

Conservatives Help Fund Anti-WTO Rally

We're Honored

Conservatives Help Fund Anti-WTO Rally

Local Rites for Universal Rights

Conservatives Help Fund Anti-WTO Rally

Stop the Spread of Nukes -- Legalize Dope

Alan Cranston and George Zimmer devise a bold strategy at the State of the World Forum

Letters

Alan Cranston and George Zimmer devise a bold strategy at the State of the World Forum

Unlocking the Secrets of Fusion

Alan Cranston and George Zimmer devise a bold strategy at the State of the World Forum

Building a Better Bomb

While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

The New Nuclear Age

Livermore protest is mere theater, but lab's research raises real questions

Dial Saddam for Murder

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

When the Bay was Groun Zero

A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city

U.S. Report: Wave of Laptop Thefts Hits Nuclear Weapons Lab Employees

Gary, where'd you leave that laptop of yours?The toil of the Bay Area's laptop thieves used to be simple: Hang around parking lots and cafes, nab an unattended computer, and put ads on Craigslist.However, thanks to carelessness at an East Bay nuclear weapons lab, this workday has the potential to be ... More >>

Watch: Jonas Reinhardt Drops a 'Bomb'

Usually, I use the That's My Jam! column to post a downloadable MP3, or at least a streaming track that I've been getting down to lately. But no such materials were available for the this track from San Francisco's Jonas Reinhardt. It's probably better off that way, because the video for "Atomic Bo ... More >>

Return to Sender

Usually, I use the That's My Jam! column to post a downloadable MP3, or at least a streaming track that I've been getting down to lately. But no such materials were available for the this track from San Francisco's Jonas Reinhardt. It's probably better off that way, because the video for "Atomic Bo ... More >>

How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

Usually, I use the That's My Jam! column to post a downloadable MP3, or at least a streaming track that I've been getting down to lately. But no such materials were available for the this track from San Francisco's Jonas Reinhardt. It's probably better off that way, because the video for "Atomic Bo ... More >>

Hillary Clinton Sued by S.F. Environmental Group Over Alleged Oil Pipeline Project Bias

Playing favorites?​Environmental groups are going after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, worried that she's allowing Washington lobbyists close to her get away with building a massive oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.Friends of the Earth, a nonprofit with offices in Washington, D.C. and San Fr ... More >>

Clinton, Panetta Stop in San Francisco

I'll tell you what a cesspool is ​Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will arrive in San Francisco Wednesday to talk with their Australian counterparts over a proposed base-sharing agreement.According to a Monday U.S. State Department bulletin:Secretary Clinton ... More >>

Michael Scott Moore, Former SF Weekly Writer, Kidnapped by Somali Pirates

Michael Scott Moore​Michael Scott Moore, who previously was a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airp ... More >>