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In defense of Andrew SullivanWhatever discrepancies exist between his public words and his private actions, the attempt to smear him sexually is a vendetta masquerading as journalism. - - - - - - - - - - - -By Cliff Rothman June 2, 2001 | I would tell you my sex handle on America Online, but unfortunately, AOL deleted it. Oops. Too dirty. Most gay men I know have sex handles on AOL, or at least alternative anonymous names where they peruse cyberspace for LTRs (long-term-relations) or, ahem, short-term relationships. As someone has said, the Internet is like the ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is often described as an American-style politician. His opponent in the June 7 election, Conservative Party leader William Hague, seems at first like nothing else on earth, let alone in the United States. Yet Hague is also a recognizable American political type: the dorky right-wing political operative, to be blunt about it. The key difference is that in America these fellows are content to play the role of Rasputin: They don't aspire to be the czar. Precociously possessed by politics; rapturous conspirators and denouncers of conspiracies; middle-aged-looking when young, yet baby-faced as they approach middle ...

Don't do me like thatTom Petty tells George W. Bush to "back down" from using one of Petty's songs at his events. - - - - - - - - - - - -By Jake Tapper Sept. 16, 2000 | Add one more recording artist to the growing list of popular musicians who have asked the campaign of Texas Gov. George W. Bush to stop using their music on the stump: Tom Petty. By telling Bush to stop using his hit 1989 single "I Won't Back Down," Petty joins a "USA for Africa"-esque coterie that includes Sting and John Mellencamp ...

September 3, 2000   LIBERTIES / By MAUREEN DOWD Acid Tongue in Cheek   Related Articles • Op-Ed Columns Archive Forum• Join a Discussion on Maureen Dowd ASHINGTON -- The Bush campaign has dissolved into a whiny puddle. The Austin team put out a press release Friday bawling that Joe Lieberman was a big meanie to compare Governor Bush to Barney Rubble. You'd think, after the risible rift between Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown, that Republicans would know better than to whinge about fictional characters. W.'s attempt to be nasty and nice at the same time is so lame, ...