Boyle Returning To Bolts Lineup (The Tampa Tribune)

Bolts Report

Iran dominates Republican presidential debate in conservative South Carolina (Times Online)

The wide-open and unpredictable Republican presidential race moved to religiously conservative South Carolina last night with a debate dominated by Iran and Ronald Reagan.

Those who talk democracy should listen to Iraq's people (Guardian Unlimited)

Who would have believed it? When George Bush arrives in Jerusalem today to salvage something from the wreckage of his attempt to impose a new pax Americana on the Middle East, there will at least be one ray of sunshine in an otherwise grim presidential vista.

Those who talk democracy should listen to Iraq's people (Guardian Unlimited)

Comment is free: Seumas Milne: The surge has only bought time for the US in Iraq. There will be no reconciliation without complete withdrawal

2007 Local Obituaries: List includes activists, politicians, pioneers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Civil rights don't happen by accident.

K-PAX is the name of the first novel in the K-PAX series by Gene Brewer and a film based on the series:K-PAX (1995)K-PAX (2001)— filmK-PAX II: On a Beam of Light (2001)K-PAX III: Worlds of Prot (2002)K-PAX IV: A New Visitor From The Constellation Lyra (2007)The books deal with the experiences on Earth of a man named "prot" (rhymes with "goat", and is not capitalised). prot claims to be from a far away planet called K-PAX, where sex is considered unpleasant, raw veganism or fruitarianism is preferred, eating meat is never considered, and there are no laws, governments, or schools (see anarchism).Although fictional, the story is presented as based on real events. It is written in the first person from the point of view of prot's psychiatrist, who shares his name with the author; the psychiatrist's wife is Karen, the name of the author's wife.The 2001 film K-PAX was directed by Iain Softley and is based on the first book in this series. Kevin Spacey portrays prot, and Jeff Bridges plays the psychiatrist. There are some very significant differences between the film and the book, however, not merely in detail but also in terms of prot's overall "message".