Highlanders Split Pair The McLean High School boys varsity basketball team split a pair of games this week against Liberty District Opponents, slipping past the Marshall Statesmen, 47-38 on January 18, but succumbing to South Lakes, 49-44, on January 22.
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Anything But Straight: The Pious Publishers Are Already In Heaven
Charlene Cothran (Venus magazine) and Michael Glatze (Young Gay America magazine editor) were gay niche publishers who discovered that peddling fiction is much juicer (and potentially more profitable) than selling straight news on gay life. The newly minted “ex-gay” stars tell us they have seen the light – unfortunately, it […]
Post Signs on F.C. Episcopal Defector as Columnist
The Washington Post announced yesterday that it has retained Michael Gerson, a former G. W. Bush speech writer, as a regular columnist.
Mustangs Split Pair in District; Best Eagles, Can
The George Mason High School varsity volleyball team split a pair of district matches last week, sweeping past Clarke County in three games, while falling in three games to a powerful Strasburg squad.
Adverb Is as Adverb Does
“A PAL OF MINE worries that the adverb is in decline,” wrote John Hildebidle of Cambridge last week, citing usages like “have your child eat healthy” and “fly direct from Boston to Timbuktu” as signs of adverbial erosion. “Is the Noble Adverb passé, defended only by those dauntless pedants who […]
