Political columnist Robert Novak dies at 78
[Editor's note: I remember reading that Novak once said that AIDS was the way God punishes gays, and that he tried to "smear" TomDeLay by spreading gay rumors. But I can't find a credible source confirming those things. Readers? --JV]
(Washington) Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative, pugilistic debater and …