Moving to the District in 1973 to write his dissertation, Jerry Clark has a long relationship with the District. His career has taken him to...
I am running for Mayor because I believe every resident, no matter their affiliation, should have access and say so in a government that is...
Having to be away from your home on your birthday is hard enough. Having it happen when you are getting ready to turn 40 is...
”I heard about this from friends this morning. I knew nothing about it until I looked it up on the web. I’ve had no contact...
”Well, it’s fairly simple. We look at gay marriage as — not a civil rights issue, but a moral question. And the moral question is...
”The ridiculous thing about something like Prop 8 is that it will be overturned. They put something like $40 million into that campaign, and they...
If you're familiar with Washington's Church Street Theater, tucked away as it is on an unassuming, tree-lined residential street less than a block from neighborhood...
”We believe this ordinance against discrimination discriminates against people of faith. Would a Christian child care center be forced to hire a transvestite?” Steve Gaines...
”Really, all I have to say is, I’m absolutely devastated about the loss of my husband — fallen firefighter Capt. Thomas Araguz, III — and...
There is a type of book that only seems appropriate to buy in airports. Typically it's filled with action scenes, very little character development, writing...
Despite the time that's passed since Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty first sent their profanity-spewing puppets on stage to deliver such toe-tappers as...
Although the charges were dismissed against Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo on Wednesday morning (as Metro Weekly‘s Yusef Najafi reports here), questions remained about...
In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...
When Francisco J. Martin was mugged in the Shaw neighborhood a month and a half ago, he was not physically assaulted. ''They only took my...
Modern families are funny. There's a sitcom that proves it. But the modern family in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right is more than...