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Mid-America at the Movies: “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and the Modern West
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Mid-America at the Movies: “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and the Modern West

It’s not hyperbole to say that the Western, more than any other genre, built Hollywood. Its biggest stars and directors—John Wayne, John Ford, Jimmy Stewart,

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Mid-America at the Movies: The anticipation is killing us!
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May 12, 202112 min read dlhzzz16

Mid-America at the Movies: The anticipation is killing us!

            The asterisk Oscars are fully behind us now, and the biggest event in cinema at the moment is… an

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Mid-America at the Movies: Movies for Mother’s Day!
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May 5, 20216 min read dlhzzz16

Mid-America at the Movies: Movies for Mother’s Day!

As much as we love awards season, it is now time to step away from that fabulous time of year and move forward. We plan

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Mid-America at the Movies Week Three: The Best of the Best Pictures
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April 28, 202113 min read dlhzzz16

Mid-America at the Movies Week Three: The Best of the Best Pictures

It’s no big secret that this year’s Academy Awards broadcast was among the least watched in history, for two primary reasons. There were no true

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Mid-America at the Movies: Bridget and Rob’s Oscar Preview!
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April 21, 202110 min read dlhzzz16

Mid-America at the Movies: Bridget and Rob’s Oscar Preview!

If you’re a movie fan, what occasion is as great as Christmas and better than the Super Bowl?! Oscar Night, of course! The 93rd Academy

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Mid-America at the Movies: an introduction
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April 14, 20217 min read dlhzzz16

Mid-America at the Movies: an introduction

Within Mid-America Publishing, several of our editors meet bi-monthly via a virtual teleconference, and a recent icebreaker question prompted an idea: could two movie lovers

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Easter Blessings
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March 31, 20213 min read dlhzzz16

Easter Blessings

As a child, Easter was always a special holiday for us. Coming from a large family and being a religious bunch, the weekend was marked

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Consider using stimulus to pay it forward
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March 24, 20212 min read dlhzzz16

Consider using stimulus to pay it forward

The Stimulus package presents an opportunity to extract lessons from both the Biden administration and Gov. Reynolds. Some charge the package is too much, poorly

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Between the Headlines- The simple joy of eating snow
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March 3, 20213 min read dlhzzz16

Between the Headlines- The simple joy of eating snow

I have again been delinquent in adding my own voice to the paper via my personal column over the last months. Indeed, the last time

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March 3, 20212 min read dlhzzz16

Letter to the Editor: John Waltzing

           While I agree with some points in Gary Neilsen’s letter last week, there are some points that aren’t accurate.            

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