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The Warren Commission’s report established that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F Kennedy in November of 1963. Since then, many...
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The Warren Commission’s report established that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F Kennedy in November of 1963. Since then, many...
When reading the comic section of our newspaper, most people look for a quick chuckle, a clever idea amusingly related. What they don’t want...
In the classic Doctor Who series of episodes entitled “Meglos” the titular villain traps the Doctor and his companion Romana in a time loop,...
This will seem off topic at first, but bear with me. This column is mostly concerned with reinterpreting media, and turning our assumptions about...
These days cross-overs between characters from different milieu’s and “universes” are relatively common. Most of us are aware of the inside joke being referenced...
Fictional countries are tough to pull off, especially these days, when the entire world is mapped and surveilled from above by government satellites and...
This Valentine’s Day I’d like to do a post about my very first love, Star Trek. The original Star Trek. Not the sequels that...
Euhemerus was an ancient Greek mythographer who upended the idea of myth and religion with his ideas about the Gods. His simple, elegant idea...
My brother Brian is a genius, and most of what follows is his idea, I just did the research. Jor-El One of the more...
Bear with me as I get a little science-y on you. Charles Robert Richet was born in 1850 and was a renowned medical doctor...
There’s this weird idea in some circles that clowns are Clowns, that is, rather than simply being regular (or even odd) people interested in...
Brent Spiner is best known for portraying the android Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among fans he is also known for playing...
Throughout history there have been no greater super-villains than the Nazis. Countless books document the historic battle against their evil, and countless fictional heroes...
Two weeks ago I made the case that real life superheroes actually exist. I claimed that to be a superhero you should at least...
When people talk about “Real Life Superheroes” the conversation quickly turns to those few odd folk who have MySpace pages where they post pictures...
This last Thursday I had the opportunity to visit New York City and the American Folk Art Museum on 53rd St. where I got...
I’d like to take a moment to consider the dog, Canis lupus familiaris, the historical companion to mankind, homo sapien. The dog, or a species...
Many authors create a world in one work, only to incorporate elements and ideas, including place names and characters, in others. One author who...