Columns
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Rocky Reckoning
It must've been the summer of 1979, because I remember specifically that people were talking about American Airlines Flight 191. The ill-fated DC-10 lost one...
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Reflections on Black History Month
Since 1926, February was known for the celebration of black American history. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D., initiated ''Negro History Week,'' which it...
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Too High a Price
Living in Virginia comes with a price. First, though, there are the benefits, the most important of which is that it makes my husband happy....
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Violent Words, Violent Acts
CNN commentator Roland Martin was just having a little fun with his now-infamous Super Bowl tweets: ''If a dude at your Super Bowl party is...
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Hanky Panky
Although most of us shoehorn ourselves into one of the two political parties, at least for purposes of voting, the fit is rarely perfect as...
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Chuckles for the Win
Perhaps my main disappointment in the Ninth Circuit decision finding California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional is that they couldn't wait a week to release...
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Partners on the Journey
In late January I had the pleasure of celebrating my mother's 80th birthday as we pulled away from Cozumel (all passengers accounted for, thank you...
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Solitary Confinement
After coming out to my mother during college, she and I entered into one of those melancholy conversations familiar to so many of us who...
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Dissing the President
''Get your goddamn finger out of the president's face.'' That was my first thought upon seeing the photo of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) with...
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Court Time
So my television viewing this past week or so has given me a front-row seat to an intense competition, where the protagonists shift wildly between...
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DCTC's Chief Problem
The words rolled off her tongue like a well-rehearsed mantra, ''We'd like to see all of those folks who are in that high-risk environment find...
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Foolish Thing Desire
A few years ago, before I began dating my husband, my then-boyfriend took me to a summer cookout with a local gay Asian group. It...
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Minister at Midnight
Anthony Evans is an anti-gay minister who claims to head a vast network of black churches and sends me frequent updates on his plans. On...
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Friendly Fire
''Some of my best friends are '' is deservedly one of the most mocked phrases in the English language, given that it...
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Leather in the Lead
There's an axiom of which I never grow tired: Perspective is everything. I think I'm an ethical person; others would cast me into the pits...
