AltWeeklies Wire
How 'Douchebag' Became Everyone's Favorite Insultnew
James Matisoff, an emeritus professor in UC Berkeley's linguistics department, concurs that douchebag's pejoration -- its change from neutral to negative meaning -- has snowballed in recent years. The culprits: Jon Stewart and his comedic brethren.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
01-07-2009 |
Commentary
A Walk in the Parknew
Cynics use the retarded to keep cars in Golden Gate Park.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
03-16-2007 |
Commentary
Powerful Advicenew
Leaders should ignore the temptation to over-regulate energy policy and let competition reign.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
05-15-2006 |
Commentary
Baring Equalitynew
A pair of San Francisco court cases illustrate opposite ends of the "privilege drift" phenomenon, in which those who have political and economic power are accommodated by the government in extraordinary ways.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-17-2005 |
Commentary
Hire Me!new
Armed with a fake resume, a columnist known as the Infiltrator figures out how to solve the so-called unemployment problem.
SF Weekly |
Harmon Leon |
11-01-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: job interview, job seeking
S.F. Hosing Authoritynew
San Francisco city government officials promised victims of Hurricane Katrina a haven, then gave some of them the shaft.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-26-2005 |
Commentary
Pig Governmentnew
This country's lack-of-mobility disease, made evident by the failed evacuation of New Orleans, gives off an unmistakable aroma of cooked pork.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-27-2005 |
Commentary
Stupid White Tricksnew
It's often embarrassing to be a middle-class Caucasian in San Francisco but the city's misguided response to Hurricane Katrina has made it excruciating.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-23-2005 |
Commentary
A Visit With a Prospective Popenew
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, the first cardinal to hail from Honduras, would make a very good pope -- at least in the secular, political sense.
SF Weekly |
John Mecklin |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
