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...most exciting event since the expedition of Lewis and Clark recently hit the state of Oregon. Sam Adams—the openly gay mayor of Portland who had been hailed as America’s “great gay hope”—was embroiled in scandal last month when he confessed to lying about an affair he’d had with an 18-year-old political intern named Beau Breedlove. Despite the fact that Adams denied the affair throughout the course of his mayoral campaign, Breedlove insists that he welcomed Adam’s advances...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Hypocrisy on Tap | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...overwhelmed by his own sexuality. Yet critics insist that their disgust at Adams’s behavior comes about not as a result of the nature of his sexual preferences, but because of his choice to lie about his behavior. This claim is preposterous. To assert that the Sam Adams scandal exists independently of his homosexuality is either patently duplicitous or laughably na?...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Hypocrisy on Tap | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...dishonest to pretend that inherent judgments regarding the age and gender of a man’s sexual partner are not at play in the Adams scandal. The story of Sam Adams—that duplicitous homosexual!—indicates something we all already knew: sometimes, politicians lie, whether they’re gay, straight, male or female. End of story. People who insist that this alone is a shocking fact—independent of Adams’s sexuality—are woefully self-deceived...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Hypocrisy on Tap | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...final score up to 9-6 Harvard.“In general it was just a great team effort,” said Duboe. “We all controlled the game from start to finish and basically took care of the ball.”Senior co-captain Sam Slaughter echoed Duboe’s praises of his team.“We really controlled the tempo of the game,” said Slaughter. “We played with a lot of discipline and I think that made the difference today.”Although the Crimson...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Notches Big Upset Victory in Durham | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...SAM DONALDSON retires. Nation's eyebrows at half-mast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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