All posts by Metro Weekly Contributor
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Triumphant Tosca
A perfect balance between elegant austerity and a swiftly-rendered, passionate tale of hearts, pure and not so pure, the Washington National Opera's Tosca is everything...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: There's a pronounced degree of something you can only call lunacy going around like a late-summer flu. There's this slightly off-kilter perspective through...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You're on the way. You're growing into your potential. You're exceeding expectations – yours and others. You're all that and more. So take...
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Critical Court
California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin asked the lead counsel seeking to overturn the state's 2008 initiative amending the state's constitution to ban same-sex couples...
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Defending DOMA, Fighting Back
Hamdi Lui and Michael Ernest Roberts, a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts but living in California, brought a case aimed at keeping Lui – a...
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Man of Words
I love a perfect line. Whether it provokes laughter, tears, titillation, or a flash of recognition, it is something writers strive for but rarely achieve....
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Lyrically LuPone
''I've had an affinity with gay people since I was like, 6 years old,'' Patti LuPone says. ''The person I've known the longest, I knew...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Is this a case of less is more? Is this a case of more being less? It's hard to know when you're standing...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Sliding into closure for events you've been deconstructing for a long while, don't look back over your shoulder just yet. Bring your faith...
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Six Months Later
It was only six months ago that Attorney General Eric Holder sent the letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), informing Boehner that he and...
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Prosecutorial Discretion
Responding on behalf of President Barack Obama, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid detailing that the...
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Confronting Biased Policing
Police reformers should never be confused with police opponents. Reformers seek changes in policies and procedures, accountability for misconduct, and community-based policing that is about...
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Chancellor's Challenge
In the spring, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) launched the Hopes and Dreams campaign, an ambitious effort that asked thousands of residents to share...
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Civil Response
Maryland Catholics for Equality recently applauded Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's (D) Aug. 4 response to an archbishop asking the governor to ''refrain'' from supporting legislation...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Is reality catching up to your ideological hopes? Does that have to be a big bummer, or could there be a better point...
