Column
Matt Smith
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The Poindexter Effect -
December 24, 2002
Digging into the architect of Total Information Awareness unearths good news: Ordinary Americans value civil liberties -
Showing Segway the Highway -
December 18, 2002
San Francisco stays fit and comely by walking -- and by banning silly electric-powered scooters from the sidewalks -
The International Poindextering of Poindexter -
December 11, 2002
Is it good or bad if 124 Web sites around the world post the home phone number of the architect of Total Information Awareness? -
Unnatural Gas -
December 4, 2002
"Environmentalists" make bad transit worse by insisting Muni buy alt-fuel buses -
Calling All Yahoos -
November 27, 2002
Worried about what John Poindexter's up to as federal information czar? Call his home number and ask. -
Life Is Change -
November 6, 2002
Even a headstrong columnist can meet his match -- and have to move on -
Field of Liens -
October 30, 2002
Before you succumb to nostalgia about a simpler, humbler baseball time, heed the lesson of Vacaville -
Notes From the Edge -
October 23, 2002
The choices are dark and dreary, but the only candidate for governor is (be still, pounding heart) Gray Davis -
You Don't Own Me -
October 16, 2002
Touring the glamorous homes of the opponents of Prop. R, which would allow thousands of renters per year to buy their own apartments -
Palookaville -
October 9, 2002
In S.F.'s political fight game, all the contestants are ignoring a national biotech debate that could put the local economy down for the count -
The Horror -
October 2, 2002
Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size -
Rich Conspiracy -
September 11, 2002
Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash? -
A Dog-Eat-Dog World -
September 4, 2002
A journalist frets about job security, then realizes things could be worse -- he could be a janitor at Yahoo! -
The Stealth Campaign -
August 28, 2002
At a seemingly innocuous event in the Sunset, Willie Brown proves again why he's the patron saint of patronage -
Business as Usual -
August 21, 2002
The problem today isn't shoddy corporate ethics -- capitalism was built on corruption. The problem is America's bias against government regulation. -
Image Is Everything -
August 14, 2002
The economy's in a slump, and so are a lot of S.F. politicians. At least for the pols, Brow Set seems to be part of the answer. -
This Is Your Sport, on Dope -
August 7, 2002
State Sen. Don Perata's bill on drug testing for pro athletes isn't nearly tough enough on doped-up athletes or their enablers -
See Jerry Not Run -
July 31, 2002
If he'd just revert to type, Jerry Brown could help California avoid a Davis vs. Simon truck wreck -
The Nature of Politics -
July 24, 2002
Dog owners, compliant pols viciously distort a reasonable attempt to preserve our environmental legacy -
Political Relativity -
July 17, 2002
Stuck in a strange warp of the space-time fabric, our supervisors can't stop tilting against a dot-com development monster that's dead and buried -
Urine a Bad Spot Because of Them -
July 10, 2002
Why do our supervisors pass over substance in favor of trivia like the public peeing bill? -
Unbusy Signal -
July 3, 2002
How long does it take Pac Bell to install a phone? Let us count the days. -
Blowing Smoke -
June 26, 2002
WARNING: Gov. Davis' plan to use tobacco lawsuit money to fill a budget gap is dangerous to our financial health -
Pinocchio and SFO -
June 12, 2002
Once upon a time, there were airport officials who wanted to spin tall tales, spend $745,000 on Honduran boondoggling, and not explain very much -
Off the Waterfront -
June 5, 2002
News media have abandoned the labor beat and missed a story of global financial import: the looming possibility of a longshoremen's strike at West Coast ports -
Soft Firm -
May 29, 2002
Too often, the S.F. law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein strikes settlements that give the firm millions of dollars in legal fees -- and its class action clients too little -
Intended Consequences -
April 24, 2002
Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better. -
The Ghost of Scandals Past -
April 17, 2002
Previous "creative financing" debacles should haunt city officials who've approved a risky $1 billion lease of Muni streetcars -
Runaway Train -
April 10, 2002
Why is Muni in such a hurry to win approval for a blindingly complex, potentially risky, $1 billion plan to privatize the city's rail fleet? -
Now That's Amore -
April 3, 2002
In S.F., spring is the season for romance. And pig coitus. And mouse erections. And ... -
Staying Alive -
March 27, 2002
An AIDS vaccine should be our government's highest priority. So why is one researcher forced to seek funding from the War on Terrorism? -
No Parking Zone -
March 20, 2002
UC's Hastings College of the Law proposes a huge Tenderloin garage; most everyone else gags -
Truth Over Death -
March 6, 2002
A Berkeley forensic mathematician, the herculean effort to identify World Trade Center victims with DNA, and the value of closure -
Mark of Effectiveness -
February 27, 2002
Why Mark Leno ought to serve in the Assembly, and Harry Britt should go back to New College -
Bound and Gagged -
February 20, 2002
As a family waits for answers, S.F. police refuse to talk about how a controversial restraint was used on a suspect who died in custody -
Attack of the Self-Serving Pol! -
February 13, 2002
A deft film in which a southland legislator and lazy journalists rewrite history, blame Enron for the energy crisis, and leave Sacramento corruption untouched -
Brownout at SFO -
February 6, 2002
Mayor's attempt to end-run city voters on runways-in-bay reflects dimming of his political star -
Legends in Our Own Minds -
January 30, 2002
A new report shows the housing shortage wasn't caused by the dot-com boom -- but by lack of housing construction -
Horse Senseless -
January 23, 2002
City closes Golden Gate Park stables for long-needed rehab; only-in-S.F. protest has privileged horse-owners refusing to move mounts -
Balkans by the Bay -
January 16, 2002
Aquatic Park, long mismanaged by a jumble of self-interested entities, needs public-spirited refurbishment -
Serfing the Web -
January 9, 2002
AOL's treatment of its volunteer workers should give pause to those arguing for less regulation of business -
Chump Changes -
January 2, 2002
Journalists are playing into the hands of George Bush when they unthinkingly insist that everything is different since Sept. 11
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