reviews

Inglorious Grizzlies... Author:  Jon Krakauer It usually remains a dark and painful secret. But studies suggest that up to 20% of college women are raped during their undergraduate years and the American Medical Association reports that rape is the most under-reported violent crime in the United States. Au contraire, opines George Will, an Oxford and Princeton graduate and one of the nation’s foremost political writers. According to Will, the entire epidemic of acquaintance rape is just a myth perpetrated by “privileged” spoiled-brat college girls and their delusional supporters. After all, who would know more about life on 21st century college [...]

Terrorism and Tourism By: Carl Hiaasen The president of the Miami Chamber of Commerce is more than just dead. He’s dead tourist style with Bermuda shorts and a plastic alligator stuffed down his throat, crammed legless into a suitcase that floats ashore with its grisly cargo. When innocuous (albeit tasteless) tourists start disappearing, Les Noches Des Diciembre (sometimes referred to as the Nachos – thank you newspaper misprint), a preservationist terrorist group, claims credit and promises further horrors should Florida remain swamped with gimmicks and people instead of reverting to a wildlife refuge where the eagle may soar free, unimpeded [...]

Further Tribulations of a Teen in Snogging Withdrawal Author: Louise Rennison Life isn’t always easy when you’re the girlfriend of a Sex God, especially when your rock-band older boyfriend might leave you a pop widow thanks to a record deal. But that’s not all. The love-bird parents are determined to take Georgia away from delightful snogging for some vacation time in Och Aye land (aka Scotland in Georgia speak) and it’s going to be so boring. She’ll be going through snogging withdrawal and everything. Back home from a bummy vacation, the snogging withdrawal is having some crazy and unplanned effects. [...]