The story is set in barbarous Northern Europe where the reign of the many-gods is giving way to one - the southern invader, Christ. Beowulf is a man caught between sides in this great shift. A story of blood and beer and sweat, "Beowulf & Grendel" strips away the mask of the hero-myth, leaving a much different tale that rings true through the centuries.

"To ensure that every nuance of Ang...

When two Ugandan rebels forced the British explorer Neil McGrigor to kneel at gunpoint, he was convinced he was about to die.

Moments earlier the men had ambushed Mr McGrigor's Land Rover expedition, killing a British safari operator, Steve Willis, in a hail of automatic gunfire.

"I gather that shooting people is standard procedure for them, so I was deeply worried," Mr McGrigor to...

Everywhere you read that the North African and black thugs who have been rioting in France for the last fortnight are the victims of French and

For example, in the New York Post (November 8, 2005), the neoconservative columnist Ralph Peters declaimed :

But is France really so ? The most popular French novelist of the 19th century, Alexandre Dumas père, author of The Three Musketeers...

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– Tab Hunter is frank about why he wrote – with Eddie Muller – “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star” (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 408 pages, $24.95, illustrated and indexed): He says: "Better to get it from the horse's mouth, I decided, and not from some horse's ass."

It's an excellent turn of phrase, considering that Tab Hunter is an accomplished horseman, competin...

he Romans conquered the barbarians -- and the barbarians conquered Rome. So it goes with empires. And comes now the final chapter in the history of the empires of the West.

This is the larger meaning of the ritual murder of Theo van Gogh in Holland, the subway bombings in London, the train bombings in Madrid and the Paris riots spreading across France. The perpetrators of these crimes in ...

22-year-old Lafayette council candidate offers slice of hope

Ref C foes hoist 'illegal aliens' as newest bogeymen

Desire to help others gives Spike a new lease on life

Haunting reminders of what could have been, what never was

email bio November 9, 2005 Let me understand this properly:

Sen. Wayne Allard, one of two men Colorado has sent to speak for it in the Un...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Singer/songwriter/activist Mitch Walking Elk took the top honors in the Best Blues CD category at the recent Indian Summer Music Awards for his release ''Time for a Woman.'' He recently gave insight from his past to his present-day activities and future plans.

Taking a break from his hectic schedule with the Indigenous People's Network and his latest musical pursuit...