The Taliban

The "Taliban Mayor" the "Pandering Show Host" And Me

S.F. Lawyer Launches Anti-Limbaugh Web Site

Would you eat McNuggets made from this?"It's time to start calling a chicken a chicken," San Francisco attorney Steve Baughman says of his latest Web endeavor. The chicken in question, it so happens, could probably feed many of the homeless encamped in Golden Gate Park -- that is, if you could ever ... More >>

Dem Hoodstarz' Rapper Charged in Gang Sweep

Busted: Dem HoodstarzAs the Chronicle reported on Sunday, 42 members of a South Bay gang known as "the Taliban" have been arrested following a joint task force raid conducted in 14 Bay Area cities Friday night and Saturday morning. The suspected Taliban members--who have no religious affiliation, ... More >>

Guantánamo's Last Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

Survival of the Tastiest

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

The Brave and the Boll

The notorious German director on sparring with his critics and making his latest (intentional) comedy

Mighty Avenger

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Osama Hunter Greg Shade Captured on IndieFest Doc American Hero

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Support Group

The year's best characters

Grounded

Controversy aside, The Kite Runner just won't fly

The Office meets Deliverance

Satire and horror make for bad synergy in Severance

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

Misanthropes United

Country Teasers' agent provocateur allure

Border Crossings

Country Teasers' agent provocateur allure

Over a Barrel

The role of oil in U.S. policy: A new documentary goes behind the headlines

Leaning Sideways

In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

Romanowski

Party in My Pants

From Bad to Worse

An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban

Eye

A solid but overwritten tale of international politics and self-discovery

2003: Year of the Wonka Record

For the year's 10 best records, go somewhere else. For the year's 10 best "Wonka Records," you've come to the right place.

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Battle Scars

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Film Capsule Reviews

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Letters to the Editor

Week of November 6, 2002

Mail Man

Tamim Ansary, author of a famous post-9/11 e-mail, reads from his poignant new memoir about reconciling his Aghan and American heritage

Angels in Afghanistan

A controversial, uneven, and eerily timely production at the Berkeley Rep

Quintessential Kushner

Tony Kushner's prescient new play, set in Afghanistan during the Taliban's rule, is being billed as the local theater event of the season

Letters to the Editor for the week of 12-5-2001

We Never Got Around to Publishing: Get Me the Pentagon; They Don't Get Letters Like This at The New Yorker; Have a Problem No One Else Can Solve? Let SF Weekly Help.

Acid Reign

From the Bush administration's assault on the Constitution to San Francisco's election fiascoes, core American values are being corroded

Believers

Getting bleary in the bars on Geary

Pop Philosophy

America attacks back -- in the key of D

The Call of Afghanistan

Young Afghan-American professionals pledge to return to their homeland to rebuild a war-ravaged nation

Pop Philosophy

Shop 'til you drop...dead; Maritime on the move

Caught in the Storm

A Peace Corps volunteer describes his sudden evacuation from Uzbekistan as U.S. troops arrived for an assault on Afghanistan

Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

By Dan Kurzman (William Morrow & Co. , 2001, $25)

House Of Tudor

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

Night & Day

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

Afghan Star

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

Afghan Star

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

(100) Days of Summer Movies

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

War games: Soldiers reenact life and death in Iraq and Afghanistan

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

Restrepo

"Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

Film is a battlefield

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

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

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

Toronto Film Festival 2010 roundup

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

War: What Is It Good For?

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

Father of American Taliban John Walker Lindh Assails Media in Talk at USF

John Walker Lindh​When your son has been called a traitor by the Secretary of State, portrayed as a terrorist by leading military officials, and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, you might be expected to hold a grudge against the media outlets that reported these developments.But Frank Lind ... More >>

Bouncer Holds Forth at the Wal-Mart of S.F. Breweries

John Walker Lindh​When your son has been called a traitor by the Secretary of State, portrayed as a terrorist by leading military officials, and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, you might be expected to hold a grudge against the media outlets that reported these developments.But Frank Lind ... More >>

Overheard in S.F.: Woman Demands Street Preacher Stop Damning Sailors

John Walker Lindh​When your son has been called a traitor by the Secretary of State, portrayed as a terrorist by leading military officials, and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, you might be expected to hold a grudge against the media outlets that reported these developments.But Frank Lind ... More >>