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...reveal who's who and what happens. Suffice to say that this adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner has four outbreaks of jolting violence to give some kick to a penetrating character study; and that the real Joey Cusack has a savory showdown with his mob-boss brother Richie (played by William Hurt with a rich pleasure in menace). Mortensen, whose Tom is as stalwart as his Middle-Earth Aragorn, is completely convincing and utterly hunky -a man worth loving, no matter...
...your story on the controversy surrounding John Bolton, Bush's choice as ambassador to the U.N. [May 2]: Does the U.S. really want a contender for worst boss to represent it to the rest of the world? A former colleague called him a "kiss-up, kickdown sort of guy." Too many of us know the type. All of us should feel the injustice every time that sort of person is rewarded. The U.S. has an image problem in much of the world. We're seen as out of control, arrogant and a bully. Yet the Administration wants...
...Golovinski (at right) pleases his anti-Semitic boss in Will Eisner's "The Plot...
...fact is most Americans have one boss. He’s the guy who tells you you’ve been fired because the CEO just got busted for securities fraud. He’s the guy who makes sure you’re not eating on company time. He’s not the guy who fights city hall to make sure you get a living wage...
Miguel Contreras is a good example of a union boss. He was caring, intelligent and pragmatic. He knew the struggles of working people because he grew up in some of the most abject poverty this country allows. He worked his way up through the ranks through force of personality and a willingness to do the hard, unrewarding work of social justice. Under his leadership, the L.A. County Federation of Labor grew from 125,000 to 800,000, largely because the group courted immigrant workers, a demographic that often works in the worst conditions and has the least political power...