U.S. History

"The Witch House": Possessed by History

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"Lincoln" Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg Ably Fill the Hat

Usher Eats Vegan, Mickey D's Opens Veg Location, and Tater Tot Casserole Looks Lovely and Amazing!

​Guys, guys, guys--biggest news ever! R&B superstar Usher is eating vegan! And he wants the Biebs to go vegan too! I effing love Usher like whoa so I'm super pleased. Hopefully he will make the whole leap once he gets a little further into veganhood. And then JB will go vegan and make a line of ve ... More >>

Arts and Labor

​Guys, guys, guys--biggest news ever! R&B superstar Usher is eating vegan! And he wants the Biebs to go vegan too! I effing love Usher like whoa so I'm super pleased. Hopefully he will make the whole leap once he gets a little further into veganhood. And then JB will go vegan and make a line of ve ... More >>

"Choose Paint! Choose Abstraction!": MoAD's Alluring Exhibit

​Guys, guys, guys--biggest news ever! R&B superstar Usher is eating vegan! And he wants the Biebs to go vegan too! I effing love Usher like whoa so I'm super pleased. Hopefully he will make the whole leap once he gets a little further into veganhood. And then JB will go vegan and make a line of ve ... More >>

Love the Beans, Hate the Beaner: On Neo-Nazis and Burritos

​Guys, guys, guys--biggest news ever! R&B superstar Usher is eating vegan! And he wants the Biebs to go vegan too! I effing love Usher like whoa so I'm super pleased. Hopefully he will make the whole leap once he gets a little further into veganhood. And then JB will go vegan and make a line of ve ... More >>

Rick Santorum: Don't Know Much About History

It's a shame the "Shit X says" meme is dying out, because Rick Santorum is on a roll. In related news, the "Rick Roll" meme seems to be dying out, too. Shame, that. It was American philosopher George Santayana who famously noted that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." B ... More >>

Angel Islanders

It's a shame the "Shit X says" meme is dying out, because Rick Santorum is on a roll. In related news, the "Rick Roll" meme seems to be dying out, too. Shame, that. It was American philosopher George Santayana who famously noted that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." B ... More >>

History Laid Bare

It's a shame the "Shit X says" meme is dying out, because Rick Santorum is on a roll. In related news, the "Rick Roll" meme seems to be dying out, too. Shame, that. It was American philosopher George Santayana who famously noted that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." B ... More >>

'No on 23' Campaign Uses Politically Incorrect Banjo Song to Attack Texas Oil Companies

The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

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The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

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The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

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The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

History Is Delicious

The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

Seaweed Portraits of the 1930s

The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

Honestly, Abe Survived!

The most prominent political action committee fighting passage of Proposition 23, which would suspend climate-change legislation approved by California in 2006, has published a new banjo-music video online that attacks the out-of-state oil interests helping to fund the initiative.

360 Deals Demystified at SFSU

Send Lawyers, Guns and Money: Dina LaPoltThis Thursday, San Francisco State University hosts "The New Deal: 360 & Beyond," a one-day seminar and discussion on the new record label contract. A "360 Deal" is an agreement between artist and label which covers not only record sales, but also ... More >>

After 146-Year Absence, 'Living Human Products' Back on U.S. Market

Library of CongressFor sale once more?In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring illegal the sale, purchase, or ownership of living human products, known then as people.In 2009, Barack Obama signed an order lifting restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research,& ... More >>

S.F. historian Gray Brechin's New Deal

Library of CongressFor sale once more?In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring illegal the sale, purchase, or ownership of living human products, known then as people.In 2009, Barack Obama signed an order lifting restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research,& ... More >>

What Moore Do You Want?

Library of CongressFor sale once more?In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring illegal the sale, purchase, or ownership of living human products, known then as people.In 2009, Barack Obama signed an order lifting restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research,& ... More >>

Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party

Aaron Loeb's latest lets the audience decide.

Imaginary outtakes from the mayor's 7.5-hour youtube marathon

Aaron Loeb's latest lets the audience decide.

Re-Enacting History

The election of Barack Obama imbues The America Play with new meaning.

The Devil's in the Details

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

New X-Men series set in San Francisco

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Goapele, Mistah F.A.B. Schedule Performances at SF Apple Store

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Reader Says SF Weekly Serves Self, Homophobe's Agenda

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

John Edward Crosses Over to the Masonic Center

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

The War Between the Guitars

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Philip Glass' Appomattox a Civil Bore

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

A Tribute to America’s Best — and Ugliest — President

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Old Story, New Art Form

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Chris Daly's Twinkie Defense

George Bernard Shaw tackles Brit reserve during the American Revolution.

Fore Play

The city's new New Deal: Privatizing public parks

Because of Dixie Win

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

People & Places

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

Best Classic Murals

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

Best Furniture

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

Cage Death Match

National Treasure makes us long for good Nic Cage movies ... like Con Air

Prick

The shockingly interconnected lives of JFK, Lincoln, Johnny Cash, and John Ritter

Best Street Name

Ambrose Bierce Street

Best Way to Prepare for the Big One

American Red Cross

God's Mistakes

George Washington finds beauty in the midst of overwhelming sadness and waste

There's Gold in Them Thar Words

Oil!: "The Ride"

Saints Be Praised

Oil!: "The Ride"

Film Fights Back

Oil!: "The Ride"

In-Flight Service

Oil!: "The Ride"

School of Hard Knocks

Oil!: "The Ride"

Dog Bites

Oil!: "The Ride"