​The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation, claiming that the feds are withholding important details about drones -- the unmanned aircraft used in the military -- and under what circumstances public and private entities be allowed to use them. Accordin ... More >>
​On his swing through the West Coast, President Barack Obama stopped in Silicon Valley today where he answered questions for an hour at LinkedIn's campus in Mountain View. His main focus: Jobs. He deftly turned almost every question from the audience back into a endorsement; for his newly propos ... More >>
Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>
Will face-recognition technology get an accused killer off the hook?
Has Office Depot taken the city for a ride? ​Let's hope the city saved its receipts. According to San Francisco's Director of the Office of Contract Administration, Naomi Kelly, the vast majority of the city's office supplies are purchased from Office Depot -- that would be the same Office D ... More >>
"See me, feel me, touch me, heal me." In a move that required little reading between the lines, the Department of Defense yesterday announced a $1.9 million Minerva Research Initiative Award for Professor David Matsumoto and his work on the role emotion plays in driving religious and ideologic ... More >>
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 >>
Why We Fight probes America's passion for war
What Are Words For?
Advances in ultrarealistic simulation let soldiers experience the war in Iraq -- before they go
The government accuses Bechtel of mismanagement as a smoke screen to avoid paying for alternative means of destroying deadly gases
Things we were obsessing about on Feb. 2, 2005
An interview with men who make robots that protest.
Music, lit, and art collide
Did The Battle of Algiers teach the Pentagon tactical lessons?
The Navy says radiation levels are within federal safety guidelines, but are higher than what is legally acceptable for the property to be transferred
Asthma, cancer, and other illnesses occur at higher-than-average rates in Hunters Point. Many residents blame the nearby Navy shipyard, one of the most contaminated ex-military bases in the nation.
Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.
There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.
As of April 14, the national security police can monitor your medical records without your knowledge. So can the local police.
As war looms in Iraq, some U.S. reservists are trying to get out of their military obligations
Week of January 1, 2003
An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?
How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet
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?
In the Cold War, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. saw "remote viewing" as a weapon. What about now?
There's a way to foil rude cell phone users. But it's illegal.
There're not enough buglers and honor guards to keep pace with dying vets
An aging journalist remembers 1999, when an election became a revolution, and the city changed forever
Stanford activists in fight against laws forcing campuses to accept recruiters
With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music
The Coast Guard busts skippers for angling next to Hunters Point
San Francisco is planning to take title to the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the military completes an environmental cleanup. The move could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars -- or more.
Powerful new environmental cleanup regime relies on expert use of votive candles, flowers
Up Close and Personal sinks lower than the intellectual wasteland of the TV news it depicts
The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es
