Summer reading: John Reed on 'The Dark Knight Returns'

John Reed has written novels -- "A Still Small Voice" and "Snowball's Chance" -- as well as stranger assemblages. What do you call a play made up entirely of mixed-up lines from six of Shakespeare's best-known plays? Reed called it...

CHASING JACK CHASE, Part 5: Fade to Black

TOLEDO: Boxing rescued Isaiah. It offered an alternate route to the dead end that seemed to be preordained for him.

Replay: Sorensen's chat on Charlotte sports

Observer columnist Tom Sorensen took questions from readers at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 31.

Cricket: Pakistan side could be badly weakened

Pakistan's tour of New Zealand later this year is still on; just what the composition of the visiting team will be is a far different matter.The allegations of spot fixing which emerged during the fourth test against England at...

Bias allegation rumblings still a constant at your ABC

While the political heat has departed, the constant rumbling of bias allegations against the ABC continues, ready to rear up wherever it gets a favourable hearing.