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  • All in the Family

    By on February 6, 2014

    Unsurprisingly, I could be a precocious brat as a child because I spent so much energy not wanting to be a child. I hated being...

  • Masque of the Red Death

    By on January 30, 2014

    Actress Goldie Hawn had no idea what she was wading into last week when she tweeted from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ''Met...

  • Comfortably Numb

    By on January 28, 2014

    Clichés get a bad rap because they beat dead horses until the cows come home with all the originality of the wall of books Barnes...

  • Outdated Offense

    By on January 23, 2014

    Another January weekend ends, and with it so does the Centaur MC's annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Congratulations to Joe Birdwell, Mr. MAL 2014. While everything...

  • Misdirection

    By on January 16, 2014

    The popular inability to distinguish fantasy from reality is not a new phenomenon. Snake-oil salesmen have long relied upon their marks' eagerness to believe in...

  • My Old Virginia Home

    By on January 14, 2014

    This week in Richmond saw the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as Virginia's governor and the start of a new Virginia political era: ''At Least It's...

  • Big Buzz

    By on January 9, 2014

    It's fair enough to say that I've been fucked up a few times in my life. I point that out because, with the legalization of...

  • Hello, 2014

    By on January 9, 2014

    With my last column of 2013 dedicated to my holiday wishes, the first column of 2014 should obviously be dedicated to predictions. First up in...

  • Finding a Lost Son

    By on January 2, 2014

    I begin with a spoiler alert: If you have not seen the movie Philomena, you may want to see it before reading further. It is...

  • Duck Amuck

    By on December 30, 2013

    One of the more frustrating aspects of the annual media rite of ''Year in Review'' stories is that they start hitting around Dec. 1, which...

  • Rationing Religious Freedom

    By on December 19, 2013

    The religious right is fighting to turn America's religious freedom from a shield into a sword against public policies and groups they dislike. Posing as...

  • The Hope for the Pope

    By on December 17, 2013

    So here we are, nearing the end of 2013 under the annual bombardment of year-in-reviews and ''Person of the Year'' covers. While I enjoy reading...

  • Book 'Em

    By on December 12, 2013

    Currently, I have 19 books on my nightstand, which makes it less of a nightstand and more of a bookshelf. If I were answering Coverboy...

  • Holiday Wish List

    By on December 12, 2013

    My, it's been a big year. Particularly so for gay Americans, thanks to the Supreme Court gutting the Defense of Marriage Act. Then again, for...

  • Francis the Evangelist

    By on December 5, 2013

    I wanted to speak to Pope Francis last week when I encountered the phrase ''openness to the transcendent'' in his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The...