USA Patriot Act

Anarchy in the U.S.

Welcome to Mi Pueblito, Washington

The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved — thanks to Mexican immigrants.

A Star Is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

The Good East German

Aka: When your hero is a Stasi spy

Boycott Feinstein

A new proposed law would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line

Echoes of the Revolution

The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years

Assassination Tango

Controversial docudrama imagines a post-Bush scenario

Your Government at Work

Play as Weapon

Discussing Guantánamo in terms of its theatrical merits is beside the point

Capital Rap

From revolutionary rapper to stockbroker to rapper again -- the long, strange trip of Paris, aka Oscar Jackson Jr.

Barely Alive

How to make a funny optimist sound boring

Total Future Awareness

The Defense Department hires a New Economy futurist to help fight terror. Don't you feel safer already?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Uncle Sam Needs You to Be a Suspected Terrorist

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.

Big Doctor Is Watching

As of April 14, the national security police can monitor your medical records without your knowledge. So can the local police.

Futuristic Fantasy

Through the eyes of a gay sci-fi writer

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Duty to Hack

Adrian Lamo, the 22-year-old "homeless hacker" famous for raiding New York Times computers, pursues his vision of public service by cracking another major corporate network. It's a crime, of course. It's also what he was born to do.

Sold American

It's the reel thing: Coke and other brands in a funny montage of product placements

War Torn

Despite their hatred of Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis living in the U.S. oppose Bush's war

Download or Die

The RIAA's war on the consumer

The International Poindextering of Poindexter

Is it good or bad if 124 Web sites around the world post the home phone number of the architect of Total Information Awareness?

Anxious Times

The latest incarnation of "Bay Area Now" displays a restless discontent with the status quo

The Spybots Among Us

How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet