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  • Fun in the Sun

    By on August 25, 2004

    One day in early June, I was sitting on one of the West Side piers, and summer felt like a conductor's hands poised in mid-air...

  • Rating the Runners

    By on August 25, 2004

    When imagining the workings of a political machine in the heart of Washington, D.C., one might conjure intrigue, power plays and ruthlessness. Instead, picture a...

  • UPDATE: Arrest in R Street Murder

    By on August 25, 2004

    Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police announced Thursday evening that Kurt Williams, 19, has been charged with one count of felony murder while armed, in conjunction with...

  • Murder Shakes 17th Street

    By on August 25, 2004

    A recent spike in robberies in the Dupont Circle-Logan Circle areas took a deadly turn in the early hours of Monday morning, when an unknown...

  • Blind Ambition

    By on August 11, 2004

    I have this theory, and the theory is that people can be divided into two distinct groups: Those who are successful by the time they...

  • Wheels in Motion

    By on July 28, 2004

    It's like an amusement park for yuppies, and we're on a ride that's bound to induce nausea. There are so many choices, so many shiny...

  • Step Back from Stead Park

    By on July 28, 2004

    As a longtime Dupont Circle resident with a view of Stead Park from my living room, I would probably be a regular visitor to a...

  • Greener Pastures

    By on July 21, 2004

    While most states have chosen to brand themselves, through their license plates, with innocuous mottos like ''Famous Potatoes,'' New Hampshire has selected the arguably more...

  • From 'Coverboy' to Cover Story

    By on July 14, 2004

    Even a little PG-rated beefcake can be political ammo in Washington, D.C. Just ask Jonathan Tolman, a star of Metro Weekly's ''Coverboy Confidential'' feature in...

  • The Accidental Flirt

    By on July 14, 2004

    We met at the bus stop. I don't know his name; it didn't come up. He asked me a question about bus fares and I...

  • Passion Play

    By on July 14, 2004

    The passionate op/ed by Graham N. Murphy is a heartfelt and jarring thing. His sagacity of the facts is impressive. I...

  • Losing Our Morality

    By on July 7, 2004

    I never expected the Human Rights Campaign to endorse George W. Bush in the upcoming presidential election. I would also be the first one protesting...

  • Friends and Relations

    By on June 30, 2004

    During a recent fundraiser for a local charity at the home of two friends in a long-term lesbian relationship, I found myself concentrating very little...

  • Underground Railroad

    By on June 23, 2004

    I don't want to take a shuttle bus anywhere, those shortish buslettes with the cryptic destinations in the marquee window at the front (''Terminal,'' ''North...

  • Nowhere Fast

    By on June 9, 2004

    Every day in America, on some dogwood-lined street beneath wistful cirrus clouds and past independent bookstores and cafes, without a hint of cynicism or irony,...