All posts by Sean Bugg
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Slim Pickings
I spent my Tuesday evening looking for bright spots. Not bright spots like, ''Thank you, Lord, for not sending Christine O'Donnell to the Senate or...
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Man in the Middle
As a young boy in New Jersey, just about yay-tall, Jonathan Capehart knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: a television...
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Small Town Boy
It was later in the evening when Sherry Dee grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out on the then-empty dance floor where some...
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The 7 Scariest Places in D.C.
They lurk behind their innocent facades, waiting for the moment your sense of safety lulls you into complacence. They toil and fester as they plot...
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DADT Goes Fubar
To care about politics is to be perpetually disillusioned. In the normal course of life, this isn't an indictment. We live in a democracy made...
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Everything in its Place
As you’re looking around your home wondering how you ended up with so much stuff, you may be tempted to blame the clutter for keeping...
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Generation Last
Carl Paladino really is the unwanted gift that keeps on giving, a politician whose every apology leads to another apology in a recursive loop that...
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Getting Better
The first time I wanted to kill myself was eighth grade. The incident leading up to that was a rather convoluted one, but the short...
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A Lasting Impression
President Barack Obama would like you to be impressed with his progress on repealing the military ban on open gay and lesbian servicemembers. ''Here, I've...
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Another Failure
To look on the bright side of the failure of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal this week in the Senate, when you're used to being...
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The Hard Road
'Tis the season for hyperbole and panic. How else to explain claims from some LGBT quarters that absolutely nothing has been done to advance LGBT...
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The Media Message
My first real job as a journalist, way back in 1989, was covering tax issues on Capitol Hill. It didn't take long for me to...
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An Unwelcome Addition
In one of my all-time favorite movies, Magnolia, multiple characters reflect on the mistakes and miscues of their past with the saying, ''We may be...
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Outspoken, Ep. 3: Bear Hunt [Video]
Sean Bugg travels to Town for the new D.C. Bear Happy Hour to discover what bears like on their pizza, and to ask the question,...
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An Unspoken Force
Dropping a check in the mail this week was an unexpectedly stressful moment, not because it involved any major bill or purchase, but because it...
