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Faith in Science Fiction 23 Aug 2013 | 08:45 am
When we read science fiction do we only expect great stories, or do we read science fiction for great expectations? For many, I think science fiction is just another genre to escape into, but for som...
The Unwinding by George Packer 14 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
George Packer has written a book about America coming unwound. He theorizes that America has come undone many times before, and we rewind ourselves in cycles over our long history. I’m not sure if A...
Survival of the Fittest Evolution of Web Sites 7 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
How many millions of web sites are there on the Internet? How many do you visit regularly? How many websites do we need for each specific function? When local newspapers were the only source of new...
The Ghosts That Haunt Me 5 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
Most people are haunted by dead relatives – parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings – but the ghosts that haunt me the most, are people I never knew. Since I’m an atheist I don’t believe in re...
Pre-Code Hollywood – Wikipedia v. Journalists v. Bloggers v. Friends 4 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
If you hear a new phrase, where do you go to learn its definition? I think most people absorb concepts in context from conversations with friends, or maybe from watching television. A few might look...
A Failure to Express Myself 24 Jul 2013 | 06:14 pm
How often in life do you get an idea that you can’t express verbally or in writing? Often a flash of insight will feel whole and obvious, but like dreams, when you try to explain them their logic fal...
How Much Education Can Our Heads Hold? 24 Jul 2013 | 07:48 am
As far back as I can remember, the United States has been in a state of educational crisis. You’d figure by now educators would know exactly how much stuff we can squeeze into a student’s head, and t...
Your Pop-Culture Fingerprint 23 Jul 2013 | 08:49 am
Recently Entertainment Weekly ran “The 100 All-Time Greatest” issue about the best movies, television series, books and albums in the hearts of their editors. There’s no scientific justification for ...
A Study in Fame–Bob Dylan 15 Jul 2013 | 04:52 am
Our world is awash with famous people but how many are really worth the notice? If you live long enough you’ll watch the famous coming and going, maybe not as fast as every fifteen minutes, but its a...
A Feminine View of an Apocalypse 5 Jul 2013 | 04:15 am
I hope I’m not being too sexist here, when I review Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The books seems to be a feminine take on the end of the world. But I have read many end of the world sto...
