The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
The spirit of the novel is captured perfectly; that of the desperation and claustrophobia of small town life, where generation after generation undergo the same rites of passage, living out the same lives of frustration and unrealised dreams.
Read moreSpoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs.
Read moreThe true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes.
Read moreFeeling responsbile for the death of a British oil tycoon and a friend, who died in an explosion in MI6 headquarters, James Bond takes position as bodyguard to the tycoon’s daughter, Elektra.
Read moreThe lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Read moreA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Read moreI was gravely disappointed in your recent vote to join the Republican?s in passing the Bankruptcy Bill. I suspect the answer to my questions is found in the fact that you have received over $30,000 in campaign contributions from the credit card industry over the past six years, but just for good measure, I?ll ask them anyway.
Read moreSenators yesterday expressed dismay and outrage over the fact that no senior Pentagon officials have been held accountable in the rampant cases of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Read moreA Feb. 5 memorandum from Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeldcounsels support for a plan to transfer hundreds of suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prisons in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Read moreSpeaking in Alabama yesterday, President Bush repeated a familiar claim: “We’re fixing the deficit.” It doesn’t matter how many times he says it ? it’s still not true. In fact, the president’s most recent proposed budget would make the federal deficit much worse.
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