U.S. Army Activities

Worst Mix Tape Ever: The Torture Playlist

This Week in the Wacky World of Food

Examiner Swims Against Local Tide

Chevron's Prince of Darkness

By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

Very Minor Miracle

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

Letters to the Editor

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Pacifists for War

How the fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back

What the Left Got Wrong About Iraq

Anti-war activists ignored Saddam Hussein's horrendous crimes against ordinary Iraqis. Do they have anything -- beyond anti-Bush demonstrations -- to offer the oppressed in Iran and Syria?

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Under the Gun

Why the Army thinks a 30-year-old college-educated California bull rider will help it recruit soldiers during wartime

Remembrance of a War Past

An unfond look back at Freedom Toast, TV jingoes, and a pro-war bully called Tony Hall

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?

Saving Private Mad Max

Mel Gibson stars in The Patriot

South to the Future

Military to Form PC Corps

Be-Siege'd

Military to Form PC Corps

The Invisible Veterans

Thousands of Filipinos fought and spied and suffered and died under American command to help us win World War II. The U.S. government says the soldiers who survived -- now elderly, often living in poverty -- aren't worthy of military benefits. Four storie

When the Bay was Groun Zero

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

Few Show For California Redwoods' Football Opener -- But Fans Still Manage to Have Fun (Legally and Illegally)

Jim HerdThere is grandeur in this view of life...​Text by Joe Eskenazi. Gorgeous photos by Jim Herd. In the many months between when we first reported the inception of the San Francisco-based United Football League up to the moment we wandered into a largely abandoned AT&T Park for the Saturda ... More >>