Shades of Gray

Illustration by John Hersey It's really happening: Barnes & Noble keeps closing stores, Newsweek published its last print issue, and the thriftiest tablet on the market costs less than three new… More >>

In the original Star Trek show, observant viewers can discern distinct classifications based on uniform color (yet somehow overlook the papier mâché rocks). Command personnel wear gold; science and medical… More >>

In these troubled times, employment, like life, could end at any time — and yet it's somehow worse with a job, because we have no evidence that the afterlife consists… More >>

Revisiting a Sad Yet Important Story A mother's appreciation: Accolades to SF Weekly staff writer Albert Samaha for his beautifully written article [and blog posts] about the shocking death of my… More >>

Illustration by Jesse Lenz The video "Thank you, I will miss you guys" is barely a minute long — all one shaky, handheld shot trained on the face of then-21-year-old Ben… More >>

The barking usually starts around 6 in the morning and sometimes doesn't stop until almost 10 at night. The chorus carries up from the Douglass Dog Park in Noe Valley… More >>

1. Due to increasing rent and real estate prices, square footage in San Francisco will become the most valuable substance on Earth for a six-week period in late spring, replacing… More >>

A Public Death A man's suicide immortalized online: Wow, this is an amazing and heartbreaking story ["Public Influence," Albert Samaha, feature, 1/2]. I wish it hadn't needed to have been written,… More >>

Cover design by Andrew J. Nilsen. Turn on the computer. Open Twitter.Something catches your eye. Man on 3rd floor ledge posing in his skivvies A twitpic, date-stamped 3:18 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2010, shows… More >>

If Barry Bonds does not get into the Hall of Fame this year, it will be because enough baseball writers believe he cheated and that his sort of cheating should… More >>