What happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids

5 years ago

They discovered TikTok. And Fortnite. And a world of YouTube gamers. I assumed they’d forgotten about Mister Rogers. But then…

Long Live The English Major—If It’s Paired With An Industry-Recognized Credential

5 years ago

What does this simple question and its results tell us? It’s not the English major that’s the problem. It’s an…

Contagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)

5 years ago

Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an archeological puzzle as a computer virus threatens the Enterprise. Some good Neutral Zone brinksmanship,…

In December 1999, I Was Blogging About Joseph Heller, E-Journalism, and Travel Writing

5 years ago

In December 1999, I was blogging about: The death of Joseph Heller (author of Catch-22, which invented the term) "On…

“This Is Probably Going to Kill Us:” How First ‘Star Trek’ Movie Avoided Disaster

5 years ago

This article left out someone important! Reassembling the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise (Shatner as Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, DeForest…