Metro Weekly

Columns

  • A Far Cry

    Among the tears shed this Election Day were those of my friend Gerrit, who is five and who really hoped with all of his heart...

  • Is It Over?

    I sometimes fear that the Republican Party, like children who set fire to their toys rather than share with their siblings, might choose to destroy...

  • Truth-Mongering

    Ever since John Kerry shocked the nation by declaring on live national television that Mary Cheney is a lesbian, I haven't been able to look...

  • Shacking Up

    Some of the more unsavory politicians have defended the sanctity of marriage by describing same-sex couples who have been faithfully cohabitating for most of their...

  • Pink Bunny

    My partner and I, the good aunts that we are, recently agreed to host two of our little nieces overnight while their parents took a...

  • A Rodeo Hate Crime

    Hyper-macho men chase, harass, and brutalize terrified victims. They do it simply for their own amusement, or because they are addicted to the rush of...

  • Outside the Box

    Last night I got dumped by my loft. My one, true loft. The loft of my life. I was in Massachusetts for the weekend, inhaling...

  • Booby-Gazing

    It felt so stereotypically lesbian: My partner and I saved our money, conspired with a travel company, got our documents in order, wrote some big...

  • Grand Old Protestors

    There's been a lot of talk about elderly protesters lately. Women, specifically. From Kansas. Midwestern, blue-rinsed, female Medicare-recipients marching with U.N. flags. It's a hot...

  • A Changing Rehoboth

    When I tell anyone not from the mid-Atlantic region that I vacation and plan to retire in Delaware, the response is usually, ''Why?'' My two...

  • Charmed, I'm Sure

    It's that time of year: I make my annual trek to Somewhere in the Heartland -- the exact destination varies each year -- and I...

  • Fun in the Sun

    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...

  • Blind Ambition

    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...

  • Step Back from Stead Park

    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...

  • Wheels in Motion

    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...