Some people need little introduction, and for many gays and lesbians Andrew Sullivan is one of them.  A fearlessly independent voice who expresses, on websites and newspapers and TV shows across the globe, the frustration of many American citizens and residents at a political system that, amongst other things, takes their money and their votes and then ignores or harms them, and asks them to be grateful for crumbs.  His version of independent is not a cover for something else, it’s a bald statement of honesty – which is what he gives us in the face of the temptations of a relatively liberal and modern President as Barack Obama.

Get the daily dish from Andrew here at The Atlantic, read  a gay take on him here or see what his fans have to say on this Facebook wall.