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Sweetness & Light

Sweetness & Light was begun in August 2005 by Steve Gilbert (left), raconteur, boulevardier and preux chevalier.

A lifelong news maven, Mr. Gilbert has been chronicling our nation’s political life since the advent of the internet. Notably, much of his original research on the post-Vietnam shenanigans of John Kerry found its way into the second half of the Swiftboat Veterans’ book, "Unfit For Command."

Since starting Sweetness & Light Mr. Gilbert has broken many important stories on everything from Cindy Sheehan to Hurricane Katrina, the anti-war movement, Haditha, and of course the recent Presidential campaign.

Indeed, S&L was the first to report on Reverend Wright’s racist church and his anti-US diatribes.

In February, the vaunted Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) awarded Sweetness & Light its "Blogger Of The Year" award for 2009.