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  • Small Things, Big Moment

    By on January 21, 2009

    Greetings from the past: I am writing two days before the formal start of a new political era, for publication two days after. In the...

  • Prouder than Bombs

    By on January 14, 2009

    Here it is, some 60 years since the Israeli Declaration of Independence, and the bombs are still falling. Hamas is firing rockets into Israel and...

  • Dancing With Obama

    By on January 7, 2009

    For months, Rick Garcia has been dealing with people who portray President-elect Barack Obama as ''at best half-hearted'' on GLBT issues. ''These are generally gay...

  • Religious Overload

    By on December 31, 2008

    When I was 7, my family was in Ireland during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. We went to Blarney Castle and I ate my first...

  • Marriage or Mirage?

    By on December 17, 2008

    On Dec. 11, at a candid community discussion on the pursuit of D.C. marriage equality, a few participants noted that D.C. domestic partners already enjoy...

  • Like a Glove

    By on December 10, 2008

    At a recent forum to discuss HIV/AIDS and young, gay men -- or men who have sex with men, to be perfectly accurate -- the...

  • Leading Authority

    By on December 3, 2008

    If you freeze-frame the Milk movie trailer on YouTube, you can see the ''1051'' atop the streetcar used in a scene portraying an angry demonstration....

  • Thanksgiving Table Tableau

    By on November 26, 2008

    Sometimes America takes a breather. Barack Obama heralds one of those eras. It's not that America completely disengages from the rest of the world, but...

  • The Next Step

    By on November 19, 2008

    He is the most gifted political figure in two generations. He ran a smart, disciplined and innovative campaign that made the most of his charisma,...

  • History's Heroes

    By on November 12, 2008

    With the recent election, I was hopeful that Proposition 8 would not pass. A former Floridian, I might've cared more about their similar Proposition 2,...

  • Moving Forward

    By on November 5, 2008

    Lately I've been saying that on Nov. 4, the lies about Sen. Barack Obama would finally end - and the lies about President-elect Obama would...

  • Burger Queen

    By on October 29, 2008

    Earlier this month, amid all the hoopla of economic meltdown, I pawed about for some way to empower myself. My meager stock portfolio was down...

  • Countdown

    By on October 22, 2008

    I don't remember counting down the days before an election the way I'm doing this year. Others are doing the same thing. Last Friday night...

  • Partisan Hero

    By on October 8, 2008

    All the talk of mavericks during the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate started me humming the theme from The Magnificent Seven. There they are, a...

  • Fundamentally Flawed

    By on October 1, 2008

    Here comes autumn. With it come two holidays that remind me of a large part of our American heritage, for better and worse: Thanksgiving, celebrating...