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When American soldiers fought against Vietnam War
June 23, 2006“Sir, No Sir!” an Audience Award winner for best documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, tells the largely unknown story of the GI movement against the war in Vietnam. “It really was very much the...
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Nacho Libre provides glimpse of Mexican popular culture
June 23, 2006MEXICO CITY — Hollywood funny man Jack Black’s new movie, “Nacho Libre,” which portrays the wild world of Mexican wrestling, was shot on location in Mexico’s Pacific coastal state of Oaxaca (pronounced “Wah-HA-Ca”). As audiences enjoy...
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The truth hurts and helps, a review of ‘White Metropolis’
June 23, 2006BOOK REVIEW Honest Texas history, when you can find it, tends to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. So it is with Michael Phillips’ new history of Dallas, which pours salty truth into long-ignored wounds....
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Heinrich Heine, poet and communist?
June 23, 2006Was he the greatest German poet, the greatest poet of his century? I won’t argue, but I love him the most! Heinrich Heine died 150 years ago — February 17, 1856 — and is still as...
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An American worker goes to Venezuela
June 23, 2006Like you, I am very concerned about the direction the Bush administration is leading our country and the impact of its policies on world developments. I was fortunate to be a participant at the 6th World...
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