Kirk’s manly, sensitive advice to young Charlie

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In popular culture, Captain Kirk from the original Star Trek has a reputation of being a womanizer. Chris Pine's portrayal…

A stranger approached me today.

4 years ago

A stranger approached me today. I was actually kind of terrified at first, since the last time a stranger approached…

My #AugustWilson #Steampunk Nightmare

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Today is my last official day teaching a compressed winter term "Special Topics in American Literature" course devoted to August…

Gem of the Ocean (August Wilson’s Century Cycle, 1 of 10)

4 years ago

August Wilson's Century Cycle > Spoiler-free scene breakdown. Premiere: 2003 Setting: Aunt Ester's parlor, 1839 Wylie, Pittsburgh. 1904. Prologue (late…

I’m just getting around to watching this speech from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Impressive!

4 years ago

I really never paid much attention to Schwarzenegger's time as governor of California, but because I was in living in…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reducing print edition to 2 days a week; cites plan to go all digital

4 years ago

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is scaling back its print edition to two days a week as part of the 235-year-old newspaper’s…

How journalists can prep for a possible violent event

4 years ago

Journalists face a unique threat when covering events, especially the upcoming inauguration where there have been posts on message boards…

Should you trust media bias charts? – Poynter

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Traditional journalism values a focus on news reporting that is fair and impartial, guided by principles like truth, verification and…

Night Terrors (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 17) Trapped crew grows paranoid

4 years ago

Rewatching ST:TNG After discovering that the crew on a missing science vessel has met grisly deaths, the Enterprise crew gets…