Samir Patel, Your Word Is… Downhill

Samir Patel, by many standards, you were a prodigy, making your first trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee at 9 years old. But now -- after being labeled "the Dan Marino of the spelling bee world" -- the bright lights and cheering crowds are no more. And now it's time to start thinking about how best to screw [read more...]

Trade deadline: Washington needs new tight ends

After writing a recent column (Straight Guy for the Queer Eye: NBA Uniforms Still Not Gay Enough), I started to feel like a hypocrite. Because I suddenly realized I'm a politophobe. That's right. I'm politophobic. I don't like politicians. I don't like to be around them. I don't like them in the world or in the [read more...]

The Green Monster makes me cry

Do you ever go the ballpark and spend too much time wondering about all the trash generated during a game? Well, that's what I do, anywhere I used to have fun, including home. Why do I do it? Because I live in Asheville, North Carolina -- Land of the Sky and home of the dissident -- where [read more...]

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