Documentary focuses on vigilante justice, drug wars
Though “Cartel Land” enjoyed a limited release in 2015, its recent acquisition by Netflix makes 2016 seem like the year it debuted. With premium channels, movies on demand and online…
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War on Drugs has produced steep unforseen casualties
In a national televised address in 1986, then-President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, addressed the nation on their vigorous campaign on drug abuse. Throughout the ill-fated diatribe, Reagan derided…
Historic war film achieves grand scale
The first word that comes to mind when describing the movie “Unbroken” is “big.” Many of the scenes span vast landscapes, and even those depicting cramped and confined prison camps…
War on Christmas myth of Christian right
I love Christmas. I love Christmas with every ounce of my being. My love for Christmas, if I may quote “The Fairly OddParents,” burns with the white-hot intensity of a…
Playwriting aids Posse veteran in post-war healing process
The experience of a soldier needs no dramatization: War is more bloody, violent and emotionally tolling than imaginable. For that reason, it is most appropriate that a play dealing with…
Greek tragedy humanizes warfare
One Sunday, Nov. 3, the Chapel breathed with the life of ancient Greek theatre. “Theater of War,” a group dedicated to drawing attention to issues surrounding soldiers returning from war…
Obama Administration needs clearer drone policy
The CIA operators peered at the distant man on the screen, a video feed from a drone hovering above North Waziristan, Pakistan. Many of the mourners greeted the man, and…