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‘Glory’ A Bit Flawed 35 Years Later But Still Moving And Important

Growing up in the South, there was so much Civil War Lost Cause foolishness pushed on us that nowadays, many parents would be opposed to their kids taking a field trip to a war memorial. The Reconstruction Era has been horribly retold to others as a period of failure when instead it was actually aContinue reading “‘Glory’ A Bit Flawed 35 Years Later But Still Moving And Important”

‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Is Skunked

I think it was when Siskel & Ebert were reviewing the movie Buddy in which Rene Russo played real-life Gertrude Lintz who raised a gorilla from a baby. They said that some stories are better to read about in a magazine or book than they are to see in a movie. The Greatest Beer RunContinue reading “‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Is Skunked”

They Say “Never Forget 9/11” But Also “Forget About Jan. 6”

“It was a peaceful protest.” That’s the same mantra that has been spread for the past three years. On Jan. 6, 2021, many people stormed the U.S. Capitol Building with the intent to overthrow the certification of the Electoral Votes. There might have been some country bumpkins from the Tennessee/Kentucky borders in D.C. and suburbanitesContinue reading “They Say “Never Forget 9/11” But Also “Forget About Jan. 6””

‘Tombstone’ Retells How The West Was Won, For The Most Part

The story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday had been told so many times before that in the early 1990s, attempts were being made to tell it like it really happened. Earp himself dabbled in acting before his death at 80 nearly 95 years ago. And early filmmakers weren’t really consumed with telling the truthContinue reading “‘Tombstone’ Retells How The West Was Won, For The Most Part”

And On Earth Peace

It’s one of those stories that you never hear about even though it’s been recanted by President Reagan, Reader’s Digest and featured on Unsolved Mysteries. Maybe the reason it hasn’t been made into a movie is that it’s just a story of several people coming together to have a dinner. But when you think aboutContinue reading “And On Earth Peace”