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By night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets, whimpering, pleading, begging for his blood! When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

The secret file that MI5 kept on the author from 1929 until his death in 1950 is being declassified Tuesday by the National Archives. It reveals that in contrast to the fictional "Big Brother," the cruel and all-seeing secret police of Orwell's classic "1984," MI5 took a surprisingly benign view of the writer. Orwell savaged the totalitarianism of Stalin's Russia in "Animal Farm" and "1984." But he was also a socialist who railed against inequality in earlier works such as "Down and Out in Paris and London" and "The Road to Wigan Pier." The documents show Orwell _ whose real...

I wanted to invite everyone to greet our newest signup, whyareyoudumbandhateful. Do you think his or her first post will be to make a donation on the Freepathon thread?

John Ashcroft: Man of the Year John Ashcroft, the 79th attorney general of the United States, is Human Events "Man of the Year" for 2002. No finer choice could have been made—for his role in the war on terror; for his adherence to the principles of liberty that animated our founding; and for his dignified stature in the face of unjustified criticism, John Ashcroft deserves this award. Atty. Gen. Ashcroft’s personal background is that of a man whose roots are in the Midwest—both physically and spiritually. He was born 60 years ago in Chicago, Ill., and raised in Springfield, Mo.,...