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Only chaos is sovereign
On the streets of Iraq, nobody is really in control.
By Christian Parenti

Destroying Babylon
Forget the elections — Iraq is falling apart.
By Dahr Jamail

Bullets and ballots
There can be no free elections under occupation.
By Rob Eshelman

A wartime media taboo
Why are the media ignoring the option of quick withdrawal from Iraq?
By Norman Solomon

Links to more on Iraq:

Robert Fisk: How western reporters are hiding in Baghdad hotel rooms

Dahr Jamail reports daily from Baghdad on the mess that is the U.S. occupation

Iraqis fear that Baghdad “will surely burn during the election days.”

Threats of violence empty Baghdad’s streets

There’s little chance that the elections can go forward without serious violence

A new Human Rights Watch report charges ongoing torture by Iraqi security forces

At least 15,475 civilians have been killed since the U.S. invasion

Updated figures for U.S. troops killed and injured in Iraq

Ass out
Local hospital snafus hint at a larger problem
By A.C. Thompson

Peskin's preemptive strike
New committee structure would allow the board and the public to set budget priorities — before the mayor does
By Steven T. Jones

Tony's treasure
Tony Hall inherited a mess out at Treasure Island. Six months later it's only gotten worse
By Matthew Hirsch

‘Neighborhood Business: Barrier to entry
Retailers are slow to accommodate patrons with disabilities.
By Catherine Hess

Neighborhood Business: Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Editorial: Hansen for Ethics

Editorial: Chaos in Iraq

Editorial: Can CCSF see the light?

Opinion: To challenge Pelosi
By Stephen Zunes

**This week in Lit:**
Lit: Marginalia Raider nation By Paul Reidinger Lit: The face in the mirror Late Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño was a chronicler of Latin America's dashed utopias By Marcelo Ballvé Lit: Let a thousand magazines bloom In diverse journals, a psychogeographic map of the city emerges By Jeremy Adam Smith. The Lit interview: Chris Kraus A Dick-loving writer moves from Aliens and Anorexia to Torpor By Michelle Tea Lit: I am large, I contain multitudes A biographer arm-tackles the contrarian Frank Zappa By Alexandra Yurkovsky Lit: Book Reviews

Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

Music: Americana idol
Dave Alvin maps the byways, wild lands, and roots rock of working-class L.A.
By J.H. Tompkins

Music: Smart cards
Cutting through the moss and soot with beer drinking, braininess, and sharp, Wire-y sounds, the Intelligence launch an attack on Boredom and Terror.
By Jennifer Maerz

Music: Critic's Choice - Tsunami relief benefits
By Elisa Jacobs

Film: Icon, I can't
John Travolta's career gets bumpier with A Love Song for Bobby Long.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Veer-Zaara’
Bollywood comes to the Balboa
By Cheryl Eddy

Theater: Maid in America
Tony Kushner sets the struggles of the civil rights movement to the music of home, hearth, and laundry in Caroline, or Change.
By Robert Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Ballet
By Rita Felciano

Art: This is hardcore
An exhibit of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders's portraits at John Berggruen Gallery bares the adult-film star circuit.
By Glen Helfand

Art: Critic's Choice - 'I Do'
By Clark Buckner

See Hear - music DVD reviews

Script Doctor - film news

Local Live - show reviews

Grooves - record reviews

Local Grooves - record reviews

2nd Time Around - record reviews

Dine review
Breads of heaven
By Paul Reidinger

Cheap eats
Star maps
By Dan Leone

The Food Snoop, By Masha Gutkin

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