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I used to think the phrase “above the law” was reserved for billionaires, multinational corporations, international fugitives, and anyone wealthy enough to have a legal team whose annual catering ...

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I have always assumed that when I send money to the federal government, it disappears into the vast digestive system of American bureaucracy, where it is eventually transformed into aircraft carriers, ...

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I used to think of fall as the season when the garden started shutting down. Tomatoes slowed down. Summer flowers faded. The sun disappeared earlier every evening, and gardening gradually turned into ...

For a long time, the geography of LGBTQ America seemed almost preprinted. You could practically buy the map at the airport gift shop. San Francisco. New York. Los Angeles. Palm Springs. Provincetown.