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  • Buried Treasure

    Somewhere along the journey the Hispaniola lost its way. And, unfortunately, the storied ship from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is not the only thing...

  • Dust Off

    Great expectations can lead to great disappointments. As a fan of Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' series, I eagerly awaited the theatrical release of the...

  • Making Census Sense

    For anyone who doesn't speak statistics or computer programming, decennial census reports conducted by the by the U.S. Census Bureau can be rather confusing. ''It's...

  • False Cure

    Sharon Kass of Silver Spring, a stranger, is concerned for my welfare. In March 2006 she sent me links to several ''ex-gay'' Web sites. In...

  • Last Word

    ''Men who have sex with men account for almost half of all people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, and African...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Things are definitely more like they are now than they've ever been. Yes, that might be self-evident, but it's never been more...

  • Meth by the Numbers

    Thomas McDermitt was battling addiction long before discovering ''crystal.'' In the five years since graduating from high school in 1986, McDermitt outgrew his alcohol addiction...

  • 2008's Gay Agenda

    The D.C. Center, ''Home to GLBT in D.C.,'' is offering an annual community meeting and holiday brunch on Saturday, Dec. 8, to give local gay...

  • Tuesdays at Apex Blast Off!

    A few weeks back Hearsay checked out Blast Off, the new weekly Tuesday night party at Apex, where the legendary nightclub’s general manager and newly...

  • Last Word

    ''I am gay and there's no reason to hide it.... It was not a campaign issue. There is not a gay agenda.'' -- Brian Bates,...

  • Courtside Drama

    For some, the sexier elements of the work of William Shakespeare were not fully evident until film director Baz Luhrman set his attention to the...

  • Scrooging Around

    If you are searching for the essential holiday theater ticket for the Aunt Bee in your life, look no further than Arena's premiere of Christmas...

  • Power in Numbers

    The twelve thousand American flags that will decorate the National Mall beginning Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, represent the many military service members...

  • Local Loss

    Cornelius R. Alexander Jr., known by friends simply as ''Neil,'' loved football. On Sunday, Nov. 18, however, with the Dallas Cowboys defeating his beloved Redskins,...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: It's a party! It's a revolution! It's a drive to reform life as we know it! It's all that and more --...