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We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Them as We Are

Iram Ganju | Posted 05.17.2013 | Impact
Read More: Becoming-Fearless, Women's Rights, Peshawar, Murree, Pakistan, Western, East Meets West, Patriarchy, Impact News
Iram Ganju

Heck, I was born and raised in Pakistan. To some, that's reason enough to be afraid, but I accept that in a post 9/11 America, my country conjures up all kinds of misconceptions and contradictions. To be fair though, what country is without them?

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How I Helped Save an Author from Obscurity

Dennis Miller | Posted 05.21.2013 | Books
Read More: Paperback Parade, Hard-Boiled Fiction, Vintage Paperbacks, Francis Nevins, Ramble House, William Ard, Hard-Boiled Detective, Randolph Scott, Western, Books News
Dennis Miller

Over the years I collected nearly all of Ard's paperback titles and posted them to the site. I knew my efforts -- and I never wanted or made a penny on this venture -- were successful when the author's books started appearing on eBay. But the story wasn't over.

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Response To WSJ Op-Ed Calling For Bible Education In Public Schools

Rajiv Malhotra | Posted 05.02.2013 | Religion
Read More: Star Wars, Joseph Campbell, Bible, Christopher Columbus, Panini, George Lucas, T.S. Eliot, Native Americans, Western, Patanjali, Machiavelli, Kautilya, Aryabhatta, Natya-Shastra, Religion and Politics, Religion News
Rajiv Malhotra

India is the reason for the existence of what later became the United States of America. Certainly, this bit of history should be taught in every American school.

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Popcorn Preview: Django Unchained

Leslie Sisman | Posted 03.06.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Profile, Movie Review, Samuel L. Jackson, Review, Popcorn, Western, Jamie Foxx, Popcorn Diary, Django Unchained, Leslie Sisman, Popcorn Profiles, Kerry Washington, Quentin Tarantino, Movie Preview, Leonardo Dicaprio, Christoph Waltz, Video, Entertainment News
Leslie Sisman

Film: Django Unchained (2012) Cast includes: Jamie Foxx (Ray), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception), Kerry Washington ...

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Our Superheroes Romney and Ryan: Why You Should Hope Republicans Win the Presidential Election

Dr. Diana E. Sheets | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Western, Mitt Romney Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney 2012, Politics News
Dr. Diana E. Sheets

Obama's vision is a postmodern (PoMo), postcolonial (PoCo) America in which truth and lie merge, everything becomes relativistic, rather than based on Christianity, which shaped the beliefs of America's Founders. Then, there is Mitt Romney's America. It embraces our historic destiny.

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Your Chance To Live In A Spaghetti Western

Posted 07.25.2012 | Arts
Read More: Clocktower Gallery, Video, Spaghetti Western, New York Art Gallery, Canyon Candy Ny, Western, Short Film, Mike Anderson, Art Film, Canyon Candy, Javelin, Canyon Candy Clocktower, Arts News

If you have ever fantasized of being in a Western, of wading through a sea of cacti and corpses to the distant echoes of yodeling... now may be your b...

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Sam Shepard On Playing Aging Butch Cassidy

Minneapolis Star Tribune | COLIN COVERT | Posted 12.12.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Western, Butch Cassidy, Mateo Gil, Blackthorn, Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize, Fifty News

Sam Shepard made a big entrance into the world of movie acting as the doomed romantic farmer in Terrence Malick's critically acclaimed "Days of Heaven...

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Movie Review: Blackthorn

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.03.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Bolivia, Sam Shepard, Stephen Rea, Western, Eduardo Noriega, Padraic Delaney, George Roy Hill, Blackthorn, Pinkerton, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Dominique McElligott, Movies, Sundance Kid, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Butch Cassidy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jimmy Stewart, Gabby Hayes, Mateo Gil, Blackthorn Movie Review, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The cowboy - rugged, stoic and resourceful - will always be a cinematic archetype, though the western has all but disappeared as a commercially popula...

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Actor Josh Hartnett Toys With Swordplay in Bunraku and Lives to Discuss It

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.29.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Pearl Harbor Movie, Black Hawk Down, Puppets, Samuel L. Jackson, Vampires, William Shakespeare, Lucky Number Slevin, Demi Moore, Western, Assassins, Woody Harrelson, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, Gackt Camu, Ron Perlman, Brett Ratner, Samurai Films, Dystopia, Resurrecting the Champ, Louis Malle, Romania, Holly the Movie, Japanese Puppet Theater, Roland Joffé, Bucharest, Fantasy, Black Dahlia, James Ellroy, Bunraku, 30 Days of Night, Toronto International Film Festival, Trumpeter Chet Baker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Crime Boss, Josh Hartnett, The Faculty Movie, Ronin, Science-Fiction, Singularity Movie, French New Wave, Guy Moshe, Truffaut, Computer-Animated, Samurai, Child Trafficking, Iago, Brian DePalma, Kevin McKidd, Japan, Swordplay, Othello, Tale, Femme Fatale, Hidden Fortress, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Through Bunraku, an archly-stylized swordplay fantasy, Josh Hartnett returns to the genre spotlight. This computer-enhanced tale revolves around a "Man with No Name," and draws heavily on Samurai and Western tropes in an alternate-world dystopia.

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Sell Illusion, Purchase Reality: Currency as a Cultural Conceit

Robin Koerner | Posted 08.02.2011 | Business
Read More: Sound Money, Culture, Money, Currency, Banks, Gold, Western, Fiat Currency, Economy, Business News
Robin Koerner

An increasing number of people are coming to understand that our currency has no inherent value. Many also realize that it is not even a fixed measure of value.

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Bipolar Americana: An Interview With Artist Grant Barnhart

Posted 07.09.2011 | Arts
Read More: Clowns, Americana, Football, B/D Interviews, Western, Rodeo, Painting, Cowboy, Ed Rusha, Interview, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Beautiful Decay, Gerhard Richter, Beautiful/Decay, Grant Barnhart, Arts News

Via Beautiful/Decay: "Guitar Backstabs" The Midwest, motorcycles, cowboy boots, blue jeans, football—imagery associated with classi...

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Arab Uprising's Winners and Losers

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Palestine, Youth, Arab, Bravery, Tunis, Western, People, US, Wikileaks, Dictators, Tyrants, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The newly found bravery of Arab youths has spread from one country to another. The right to free expression and assembly, long restricted in Arab countries, has now been extracted as a result of the sacrifices in the streets.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 9, 10 and 11: The Irish, The Scots and Werner Herzog

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Paul Dano, Academy Award, Toronto Film Festival, Kelly Reichardt, Oscar, Michelle Williams, Western, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

DAY 9: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, VIDEO GAMES AND HORROR FILMS NEDS ** The first half of Neds (short for Non-educated Delinquents) had me very excited. D...

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Guest Blogger Ian Danley in Phoenix: 'I don't want my city to be the Birmingham or Selma in this drama'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Visa Availability, Leadership, Jim Wallis, Youth, Immigration Enforcement Bill, Hospitality, Children, Immigration, Immigrants, Arizona, Western, Peace, Ice, Citizens, Culture, Politics of Fear, Apartheid, Illegal, Christ, Sb 1070, Visas, Stranger, Disciples, Democracy, System, Leaders, Romans 12, Jesus, Biblical, Families, Moses, Migrants, Governor of Arizona, Immigrant Labor, Bible, Segregation, Churches, Savior, Bill, Law Enforcement, Politics News
Jim Wallis

On Tuesday, a group of local faith and community leaders, along with Jim Wallis and Noel Castellanos, called on the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, t...

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Cultural Reorientation in Africa: Nigeria's "Project Runway"

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Promoting Nigerian Dress Culture, Clothing, Cultural Diplomacy, Africa, Workshop, Fashion Designers, Cultural Balance, Goodluck Jonathan, Unesco, 2020, Globalization, Diplomacy, Western, Traditional Dress, Cultural Reorientation, Nigerian Fashion Week, Style, Nollywood, Umaru Yar?Adua, National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Fashion, Barclays Ayakoroma, Nigeria, World Decade for Cultural Development, Nico, World News
Linda Constant

Nigeria's image in Western media is a complex combination of exoticism, intrigue and danger. While most people are well acquainted with Nollywood (now...

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Oscar-Winning Director Ang Lee Enjoys Two Retrospectives

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Taiwan Born Director, Ang Lee, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Walter Reade Theater, James Schamus, Taking Woodstock, Western, Woodstock, 40th Anniversary, Lincoln Center Film Society, Focus Features, Ride With the Devil, New York News
Brad Balfour

With his feature film retrospective going on at the Lincoln Center Film Society's Walter Reade Theater and the August 28th release of Taking Woodstock, Taiwan born director Ang Lee is being put into an ever-bright spotlight.

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Moonshadows: Part 3

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sigma Nu, Novelette, Malibu, Grant Whitney Harvey, Sailing, Mammoth, Moonshadows, Usc, Literature, Western, Skiing, California, Healthy Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

Suddenly, his heart jumped and his breath slipped, a reaction to which he responded somewhat shocked. He felt caught. He felt as guilty as ever.

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Dambisa Moyo and Why Western Aid is Killing Africa

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Bono, Aid Industry, Western, Africa, Aid, Dambisa Moyo, World Bank, Zimbabwe, World News
Jake Whitney

In addition to killing the aid program, Dambisa Moyo prescribes free-market policies such as delving into the capital markets and creative financing such as micro-finance.

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