Never mind Hollywood’s perpetual fascination with the end of the world motif.  Humankind has always been curious about how we got here and how it will all eventually end.  This writer wonders if it’s at all a coincidence that 2012 will be this nation’s next presidential election year. (more…)

Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 16 is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. (more…)