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  • Finding Hope in Uganda

    By on March 6, 2014

    Not long ago, things were calm and somber in Uganda. But bigoted evangelical Christians from the U.S. seeking to promote a homophobic agenda led to...

  • Twice as Good

    By on February 27, 2014

    Feb. 5 would have been Trayvon Martin's 19th birthday. Jordan Davis would have turned 19 on Feb. 16. There are too many other cases like...

  • Taking the Cake

    By on February 25, 2014

    Back in early 2007 I found myself sitting in the fondant-bedecked office of a professional wedding-cake baker in search of the perfect (yet still affordable)...

  • From Feral to Forever

    By on February 20, 2014

    One of the knocks on the door last Halloween was not trick nor treat. It was a representative from the Humane Society holding the downstairs...

  • Mixed Messages

    By on February 20, 2014

    Leave it to Virginia to throw a wrench in my wedding plans. This was to be the year that my husband, Cavin, and I took...

  • War Dispatches

    By on February 13, 2014

    We laugh to avoid screaming. Or maybe we try therapeutic tweeting. There were no new media to distract us in 1989. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau did...

  • Game Changer

    By on February 11, 2014

    Before I jump into writing about football, I have to share a few facts about myself so you can decide exactly how seriously you want...

  • 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  • Outdated Offense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...