Gene Lantz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Gene Lantz
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Texans will fight voter suppression
February 2, 2012"We are in a new era, a new situation, which none of us have ever seen before."
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Spielberg’s “War Horse” is terrific, moving epic
January 2, 2012"War Horse" is simply a terrific war movie that makes its statements graphically and through sensitive portrayals, whether in actual battle scenes or not.
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Finding Joe Hill in new biography
December 20, 2011Nowhere is the romance of the Industrial Workers of the World more beautifully told than in the life and songs of its greatest troubadour, Joe Hill.
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“Young Adult”: You can’t go home again to Kilimanjaro
December 19, 2011The only uplifting thing in the movie was the IATSE union bug in the last frame.
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Gene Sharp has half a recipe for revolution
December 6, 2011I first heard of Gene Sharp from a commentator on National Public Radio. He said that he had examined the "Arab Spring" upsurges in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Yemen.
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Go see “Hugo,” “Descendants,” skip “Melancholia”
November 30, 2011"Hugo" and "The Decendants" get two thumbs up. "Melancholia" on the other hand gets two thumbs down.
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Occupy Dallas evicted and arrested, not beaten
November 22, 2011On Nov. 19 Occupy Dallas held its first widely-publicized march since the group was evicted from its encampment Nov. 8.
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“J. Edgar”: masterpiece film about master manipulator
November 14, 2011Does Clint Eastwood reveal the ugly truth and dark past about the life of America's most notorious secret policeman in his newest film "J. Edgar?"
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