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...didn't seem to be working either because voters were focused on Iraq and Mark Foley. And so last week the Republicans unleashed a series of ads painting the Democrats as sex-crazed, homosexual-loving, porn-perusing-and in the case of the novelist and Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb, porn-writing-perverts. It was vivid proof that the prospect of a hanging doesn't always concentrate the mind. Sometimes it leads to feral, piss-pants desperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year the Democrats Punched Back | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...attention was centered on the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee, Harold Ford Jr., and why not? He's young, attractive and black-and you know how dangerously sexy those people are. But there was enough other action around the country-the attack on the sex scenes in Webb's novels, sex-related claims against Democratic congressional candidates in New York and Minnesota-for the outlines of the new Republican strategy to become clear. Even President Bush leaped on a New Jersey court decision favorable to homosexual couples, calling it another case of liberal judicial activism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year the Democrats Punched Back | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...whole life. I ran cross-country in high school, but I doubted I could make the varsity team,” Carpenter says. “I thought I should give crew a shot. I started going to practices and that was it.”Sophomore heavyweight Matt Webb joined the team after playing varsity football and lacrosse in high school. Originally recruited to play football at Yale, Webb came to Harvard and decided to give crew a shot.His story is common, as many former high school athletes see rowing as a way to continue playing a sport while...

Author: By Tyler D. Sipprelle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HEAD OF THE CHARLES '06: Walking the Walk | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

...that's important to Grisham. He's a humble man. He has fierce political convictions--he's currently raising money for Democratic Senate candidate James Webb--but he shuns the limelight. He keeps his wife and two children out of the media. "They hear some crap every now and then," he says. "But I told them years ago, I said, Look, you can't change your name, and I'm not going to stop writing books. The good outweighs the bad. So shut up. Learn to deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grisham's New Pitch | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...only person of color at an August rally for Allen in southwest Virginia. As is common in political campaigns, Sidarth had been “tracking” Allen around the state all summer, videotaping his appearances in case Allen said something false or inflammatory that Democrat James Webb could use against...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: What, Me Apologize? | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

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