New Hampshire

Lost Boys of Summer: Some Ex-Ballplayers Seek Help From MLB

Ron Paul Is Crazy. Admit It.

​Congressman Ron Paul grabbed the lion's share of headlines among GOP presidential candidates last week, and not just because he is the latest improbable figure to challenge the inevitable nomination of Mitt Romney.The conservative Weekly Standard ran a rehash by writer James Kirchik of an article ... More >>

San Francisco Among California's Top Three Job-Creating Cities

​"Pandering to the conventional wisdom," former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller once observed, is "the mortal sin of journalism." There are plenty of journalistic sinners out there, particularly when it comes to the conventional wisdom on San Francisco.Self-consciously middle-of-the-ro ... More >>

Where Have All the Stoners Gone?

Hey stoners, do you really want Sarah Palin as an ally?​It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a medical marijuana bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizona or a Montana, where la ... More >>

Vegan Life Is Impossible, Announces Carnivore Columnist

Erin Stubblefield/Concord MonitorTim O'Shea eats his last vegan meal​We confess that until yesterday we had never read the Concord Monitor. But our omnivorous attention was attracted by the column "My so-called vegan life" by Tim O'Shea, who basically writes what our headline states. O'Shea' ... More >>

Californians Are Stifled by Their Own Government

​That's the conclusion, more or less, of a new study that ranks California near the bottom among the 50 American states for the freedoms it grants its citizens.The study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranked California 48th in its "state freedom rankings." Analysts measured su ... More >>

Dear Parents, Please Do Not Turn Your Children Into the Shaggs

The Shaggs in 1968.​The opening torrent of notes in Ornette Coleman's "Kaleidoscope" reminds me of the ubiquitous television closet gag. You know, when some unsuspecting soul opens a closet door and is buried under an avalanche of junk (executed rather brilliantly in this episode of Elmo's World). ... More >>

Jewel Thieves, Accused of 'Brazen' S.F. Burglary, Nabbed ... in Nebraska

We're not in Kansas anymore​Cops finally caught up with some local jewelry thieves as they cruised along Interstate 80 -- in the middle of Nebraska. The tale begins on the 300 block of 29th Avenue -- a quiet residential block near upscale Sea Cliff. Jewel thieves plotted what police are calling a ... More >>

Buxter Hoot'n Pre-Release Third Frisco-Americana Album Tomorrow at Cafe du Nord

​We know what you're thinking: there's no way a band could be solemn or dignified with a name like Buxter Hoot'n. Well, if you're not yet acquainted with the San Francisco quintet, prepare to be... well, wrong. All it takes is thirty seconds or so with their third album, a self-titled affair due ... More >>

New Year Brings Us The Same Ol' Gay Hot Potato: Marriage

Bring In The Gays​Where did we leave off?  In December, a (sort of) repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell was passed by the Senate and signed by the President. I predicted a long, slow and agonizing death of the policy while John McCain lamented the end of DADT saying that soldiers will lose their l ... More >>

A Wiener Grows in the Castro

The election was depressing. Watching Buster Posey on TV is not.​The Week In GayA heartfelt apology to Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. But who can resist cracking wise about the name of the presumptive winner in race to represent District 8? You've gotta recognize the magnitude of ... More >>

A National Tour of 10 Strange Musical Sandwiches

​Music celebrities continue to be a fertile source of inspiration for sandwich makers across the nation. Behold some incredibly strange examples of a growing art form; call it an iTunes eatlist. The star: Lady Gaga The sandwich: Fried cod sticks, avocado, roll The location: Hapa Ramen, San F ... More >>

You Can't Get There from Here

​Music celebrities continue to be a fertile source of inspiration for sandwich makers across the nation. Behold some incredibly strange examples of a growing art form; call it an iTunes eatlist. The star: Lady Gaga The sandwich: Fried cod sticks, avocado, roll The location: Hapa Ramen, San F ... More >>

Seen in Modesto: Birther Idiocy Creeps Closer to Bay Area

But we've still got plenty here​Notwithstanding a barrage of intemperate comments on our recent post discussing the comparative claims to insanity of the "birther" and "truther" movements, we here at The Snitch had thought that adherents of these conspiracy theories were comfortably removed from t ... More >>

On 'Balence,' It Could Have Gone Worse For Examiner

Egad!​Being a newspaper copy editor is a bit like being a football offensive lineman. Very rarely will someone exclaim "that's damn good copy editing." Copy editors do not win Pulitzers. In short, your good work is never noticed. But when you screw up -- well, people notice. That brings us to Mond ... More >>

August Book Events: Joyce Maynard, Goth Hop, Hillwide Garage Sale, Melanie Gideon, Josh Healey

Egad!​Being a newspaper copy editor is a bit like being a football offensive lineman. Very rarely will someone exclaim "that's damn good copy editing." Copy editors do not win Pulitzers. In short, your good work is never noticed. But when you screw up -- well, people notice. That brings us to Mond ... More >>

Kill yourself if you listen to classic rock

Egad!​Being a newspaper copy editor is a bit like being a football offensive lineman. Very rarely will someone exclaim "that's damn good copy editing." Copy editors do not win Pulitzers. In short, your good work is never noticed. But when you screw up -- well, people notice. That brings us to Mond ... More >>

Do Gay Rights Have a Future Outside of California? Do We Care?

By Benjamin Wachs Although it’s easy to get lost in the fact that California voters recently decided to put discrimination in the state constitution, a little perspective is in order: gay couples in California still have (almost) full equality under the law, with provisions for civil unions, ado ... More >>

Gonzalez/Nader Hysteria

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

Former Live 105 DJ Blogs for Mother Jones: BetterKnowanSFBlog - The Riff Blog

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

Obligatory election analysis II: Hillary wins, and why exactly is everyone surprised?

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

The Fratellis, The Noisettes, The Queers -- ASD's live music picks for Thursday June 14

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

Post-everything

They're actually out to stop spoiler candidates.

The Juan Maclean

Less Than Human

Our Town

A folksy play with a dark undertow of relevant wartime protest

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Bluegrass Alfresco

Hello Emmylou, goodbye heart

Me Talk Pretty

In conversation with comedian Patton Oswalt and the original pianist for John Kerry's Electras

Gallo's Pole

The weirdo auteur drives morbidly toward his own money shot in The Brown Bunny

Brother, Can You Spare a Heart?

"The Summer of Love is dead. You dig? Got any change?"

Before the Revolution

A local doc gets an Oscar nod, and Reel World bids a fond farewell

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 19, 2003

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 1, 2003

Letters to the Editor

Week of June 5, 2002

Cold Fête

A fund-raiser for an unusual art space gives new meaning to the term "frozen dinner"

Pop Philosophy

Coffee klatch redux; indie-fop bop; guess who this was

Pop Philosophy

Paying tribute to the near-forgotten Dom Leone

The New Year

Newness Ends (Touch and Go)

Regulating Change

Bush will likely gut national health and safety regulation; local liberals screw up regulation by forgetting its purpose -- protecting the general public

Cantankerous Quentin

An ex-State Senator is up in arms about a letter to the editor

Letters

An ex-State Senator is up in arms about a letter to the editor

Reel World

An ex-State Senator is up in arms about a letter to the editor

Riff Raff

An ex-State Senator is up in arms about a letter to the editor

The Black Hole of San Francisco

This jail is a filthy, unhealthy, decrepit, barbaric nightmare. This jail will probably collapse and kill hundreds if there is a significant earthquake. The city of San Francisco keeps using this unconstitutional hellhole because people who call themselve

Slap Shots

This jail is a filthy, unhealthy, decrepit, barbaric nightmare. This jail will probably collapse and kill hundreds if there is a significant earthquake. The city of San Francisco keeps using this unconstitutional hellhole because people who call themselve

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

This jail is a filthy, unhealthy, decrepit, barbaric nightmare. This jail will probably collapse and kill hundreds if there is a significant earthquake. The city of San Francisco keeps using this unconstitutional hellhole because people who call themselve

Suspicious Minds

This jail is a filthy, unhealthy, decrepit, barbaric nightmare. This jail will probably collapse and kill hundreds if there is a significant earthquake. The city of San Francisco keeps using this unconstitutional hellhole because people who call themselve

Petrelis the Pest

Michael Petrelis has entered the AIDS debate once again

The Prime Minister of Comedy

Barry Weintraub's a joker, he's a voter, he's a Web-page stoker

Dish

Barry Weintraub's a joker, he's a voter, he's a Web-page stoker