Ronald Reagan

"A Bright Room Called Day": Production Is Unequal to the Play

"Big Miracle": Saving the Whales Doesn't Save Any Laughs

Superior Viaduct Records: Reissuing Forgotten Gems of San Francisco's Past

Many local labels are offering obscure reissues and innovative new releases on all conceivable formats. Label Sampler is a new column that will profile a different Bay Area imprint each week. Name: Superior Viaduct Headquarters: North Beach, San Francisco Owner: Steve Viaduct Founded: 2011 Musi ... More >>

1951 Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Pretty Much Says Life Begins at Conception

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Gift of Life Author: None listed, although the publishers thank a reverend, a minister, and a rabbi. Date: 1951 Publisher: Planned ... More >>

Congress Rules That Pizza Sauce Is a Vegetable

Alan Cowan / ShutterstockSource of many vital nutrients. Apparently.​Criticize the Obama administration if you will for being too soft on GMOs or too hard on legal pot dispensaries, but it seems to be on the marks when it comes to school lunch. The USDA, under the administration, has been working ... More >>

Medical Cannabis Movement Becoming Less Gay

Chris RobertsHot. But gay unfriendly?​Like Sarah Palin recounting the tale of Paul Revere's ride to warn the British (of their own impending arrival), we Americans often have a fuzzy grasp of our history. This extends to the medical cannabis movement, which was birthed in San Francisco in the 1980 ... More >>

Meet the New Morrissey: Twin Shadow (Capably) Summons Reagan-Era Pop

Chris RobertsHot. But gay unfriendly?​Like Sarah Palin recounting the tale of Paul Revere's ride to warn the British (of their own impending arrival), we Americans often have a fuzzy grasp of our history. This extends to the medical cannabis movement, which was birthed in San Francisco in the 1980 ... More >>

Obama National Forest Rule: Litigation Is 'Highly Likely'

Was he counting on Obama for protection?​Environmentalists have come out swinging hard against Obama's new forest rules, which they claim is a watered-down plan for wildlife protection across the nation. But are they prepared to take the president to court? "We are still early in the process, ... More >>

"All Things Shining": How Greek philosophers can bring back wonder

Was he counting on Obama for protection?​Environmentalists have come out swinging hard against Obama's new forest rules, which they claim is a watered-down plan for wildlife protection across the nation. But are they prepared to take the president to court? "We are still early in the process, ... More >>

Return to Sender

Was he counting on Obama for protection?​Environmentalists have come out swinging hard against Obama's new forest rules, which they claim is a watered-down plan for wildlife protection across the nation. But are they prepared to take the president to court? "We are still early in the process, ... More >>

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

Was he counting on Obama for protection?​Environmentalists have come out swinging hard against Obama's new forest rules, which they claim is a watered-down plan for wildlife protection across the nation. But are they prepared to take the president to court? "We are still early in the process, ... More >>

Gavin Newsom Could Delay Swearing-In. But Why?

Should he stay or should he go? ​The Chron this morning summarized a legal memo that backs up Mayor Gavin Newsom's oft-repeated threat of delaying his exit as San Francisco mayor if he's not satisfied with the Board of Supervisors' choice for his successor. The "Will he or won't he?" makes for gre ... More >>

Facebook Nips Marijuana Legalization Ads In the Bud

Facebook banned ads like these​Facebook may have unrivaled access to young, liberal voters, but the social networking site is now ensuring those potential supporters of pot legalization never see a marijuana leaf in political ads on the site. While critics are pulling out the online petitions and ... More >>

Bouncer: Made Men at Bob's Bar

Facebook banned ads like these​Facebook may have unrivaled access to young, liberal voters, but the social networking site is now ensuring those potential supporters of pot legalization never see a marijuana leaf in political ads on the site. While critics are pulling out the online petitions and ... More >>

List: The S.F. subway to nowhere

Facebook banned ads like these​Facebook may have unrivaled access to young, liberal voters, but the social networking site is now ensuring those potential supporters of pot legalization never see a marijuana leaf in political ads on the site. While critics are pulling out the online petitions and ... More >>

Prop. 8 Trial Roundup: Gay Couples Don't Want To Be 'Glorified Roommates'

​A roundup of the action on Day One of the Proposition 8 trial at San Francisco's Federal Courthouse.The attorney for the Prop. 8 backers argues: "Marriage is essentially the sexual embodiment of the man and the woman who formed the marital union." Did this guy not get the news that marriage is th ... More >>

S.F. Child-Killer's Sentence Shows Crazy Side of Insanity Defense

​Linda Woo, who three years ago killed her preschool-age daughter in what a prosecutor said were hopes of drawing an erstwhile lover's attention, has joined Patty Hearst, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrea Yates, and the Unabomber among people whose mad acts proved insufficient for a jury to deem them crazy.S ... More >>

Don’t try the pineapple truffles

​Linda Woo, who three years ago killed her preschool-age daughter in what a prosecutor said were hopes of drawing an erstwhile lover's attention, has joined Patty Hearst, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrea Yates, and the Unabomber among people whose mad acts proved insufficient for a jury to deem them crazy.S ... More >>

Michael Moore sells the same old schtick in Capitalism: A Love Story

​Linda Woo, who three years ago killed her preschool-age daughter in what a prosecutor said were hopes of drawing an erstwhile lover's attention, has joined Patty Hearst, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrea Yates, and the Unabomber among people whose mad acts proved insufficient for a jury to deem them crazy.S ... More >>

Hut, Hut, Suit: Yet Another Little-Known College Football Player Sues EA Sports for Allegedly Stealing His Image

Computer NERDS appear to have won in the end, Ogre​ Every couple of months, it seems to happen. No, we're not talking about Oakland Raiders victories (though we bet that'll be an accurate assessment). Yet another obscure former college football player has graduated from football to the full court ... More >>

Magazine Lists San Francisco's Top-10 Parks: Golden Gate Snubbed Entirely

Joe EskenaziThere it is, folks: The 'best' park in the city. No, really. There seems to be no shortage of entirely subjective/arbitrary Top-10 lists involving San Francisco swimming about the Internet. We'd compile a Top-10 list of Top-10 lists for you -- but, to be honest, the concept is far more e ... More >>

Dr. Manhattan, Meet Dr. Hollywood

Whew! Tinseltown's go-to graphic novel guy didn't ruin Watchmen. But he doesn't get it, either.

History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

Whew! Tinseltown's go-to graphic novel guy didn't ruin Watchmen. But he doesn't get it, either.

Capturing the Castle

Punisher: War Zone kicks ass. And then it kicks some more ass.

Oscar-Starved

Punisher: War Zone kicks ass. And then it kicks some more ass.

LastNight: Sonic Youth Proves Ageless at the Berkeley Community Theater

Punisher: War Zone kicks ass. And then it kicks some more ass.

Chick Flick

Punisher: War Zone kicks ass. And then it kicks some more ass.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

Senior Moment

Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man in The Memory of a Killer

Going for Broken

Jim Jarmusch's latest road movie is filled with fetching existential ambiguities

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Jim Jarmusch's latest road movie is filled with fetching existential ambiguities

Yo Soy Centroamericano

Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

Big Dam Mess

The Environmental Defense Fund embarks on a national campaign to shame San Francisco into restoring the other great Yosemite valley, Hetch Hetchy. But is shame really a good political strategy?

Tears in Heaven

Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

Ticket to Read

Must airport bookstores be so lousy?

Dem Blues

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

Scrambled Eggers

Even at a benefit for kids, the spotlight still shines on the world-famous author

Session Obsession

Brad Anderson reinvents the haunted-house movie to great effect with Session 9

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?

Riff Raff

Tuvans! Everywhere!, (Insert Carnegie Hall Joke Here), and There Are No Current Plans to Change the Name to Club Y2K

Here Today, Gandhi Tomorrow?

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

Tibetmania!

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

Slap Shots

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

Fewer Pen Pals

As more prisons move to ban skin mags, California prisoners' rights lawyers turn a deaf ear to inmates' howls

Unspun

As more prisons move to ban skin mags, California prisoners' rights lawyers turn a deaf ear to inmates' howls

Going Ballistic

As more prisons move to ban skin mags, California prisoners' rights lawyers turn a deaf ear to inmates' howls

Dream Date

Dame woos with an eclectic menu of simple, elegant offerings

Chatterbox

Dame woos with an eclectic menu of simple, elegant offerings

PC or Not PC?

Dame woos with an eclectic menu of simple, elegant offerings

Hey, Sailor!

The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri