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War film is also anti-war
By CHARLES CORDER - Managing Editor
Fri,04/03/15-6:04PM , 205 Reads
American Sniper” is a popular movie, but it contains a dark message. It’s definitely not your grandfather’s war movie.
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Classic movie took historical liberties
By CHARLES CORDER - Managing Editor
Fri,03/06/15-1:00PM , 220 Reads
It’s not surprising that “The Sound of Music” is No. 3 on the all-time box office earnings list. After all, the musical combines two of Hollywood’s favorite story elements: nuns and Nazis.

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the movie’s release. It premiered on March 2, 1965, in New York.
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You’re not only one who hates my voice
By CHARLES CORDER - Managing Editor
Fri,02/27/15-1:00PM , 174 Reads
f you have had to talk to me in the last couple of months, I apologize.

Because of a vocal cord problem, it’s been difficult for me to talk since early December.
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Dumb words, acts are on the record
By CHARLES CORDER - Managing Editor
Fri,02/20/15-1:00PM , 123 Reads
A politician said some stupid things. Then he blamed a reporter for putting his ignorant, racist comments in the newspaper.

Why do people, and politicians in particular, always blame the media for printing the stupid things they say? Or say the media is wrong for doing its job of reporting the news.
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