What Do Present Day Teens Know About 90's Music?
For my first ever diary, I thought I'd start with something light.As someone born in 1982, I'm well aware of how much my generation has made nostalgia for the pop culture of our youth (mainly the 90's)...
View ArticleThe Modern-Day GOP Has Basically Repudiated Every Notable Republican President
It's often worth noting that the Republican party wasn't always the nihilistic, anarchic, xenophobic, aristocratic mess it is today. Its ranks once included courageous statesmen like Thaddeus...
View ArticleA Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Uninitiated
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past seven or so years, you're probably familiar with the phenomenal success of the various films release under the Marvel Studios banner which invariably...
View ArticleSomething Familiar About the Anti-LGBT Laws in North Carolina and Georgia...
As laws like HB2 in North Carolina and HB 757 in Georgia attempt to sanction anti-LGBT discrimination under the transparent guise of things like “religious freedom”, it occurred to me while commenting...
View ArticleWhy I Stopped Following "The Young Turks"
(Note: this was written before the debacle in Nevada).I unsubscribed from the progressive news channel “The Young Turks” a few weeks ago. Today, I unfollowed them on Facebook. I hadn’t been clicking...
View ArticleThere's a Lot We Should Expect From a Democratic Running Mate. A Future...
We will very likely learn the identity of Hillary Clinton’s running mate within a matter of days. There’s been a great deal of speculation on that here, as well as discussion of the merits of the...
View ArticleGene Cernan, Apollo Astronaut, Record Holder for Speed, Last Man on the Moon...
Only a couple of weeks after the passing of John Glenn, another iconic hero from the glory days of America’s space race, we’ve lost another. NASA reported that Eugene Cernan (CAPT, USN, Ret.), veteran...
View ArticleNASA Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, First Astronaut to Perform an Untethered...
Bruce McCandless II (Capt, USN, Ret.), NASA astronaut and veteran of two space shuttle missions, passed away yesterday at the age of 80.McCandless cam from a line of highly distinguished naval...
View ArticleJohn Young, Moonwalker, First Shuttle CDR, Longest Serving Astronaut, Fastest...
Captain John Young (USN Ret.) passed away yesterday at the age of 87.Young may not have been as famous as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, or John Glenn, but it’s unlikely any astronaut will ever match the...
View ArticleA Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Uninitiated: Phase Two
A little less than three years ago, I published a guide to the first six films in what is now called Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leading up to the epic team up film “The...
View ArticleA Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Uninitiated: Phase Three
I've already recounted and waxed philosophical about Phase One and Phase Two of the MCU, so here’s Phase Three (most of it, anyway).At the time I’m writing this, we’re just two days away from the...
View ArticleThis Week Marks 30 Years Since The GOP Ticket Won With Women
The 1988 presidential election in which Republican George H.W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis was historically significant for many reasons. It was the first time in 152 years that a sitting...
View ArticleA Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Uninitiated: Phase Three...
First, let me assure you that this article features no spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. I can’t make that promise for any of the twenty-one films that preceded it, however.A year ago, I chronicled the...
View ArticleRemembering the OTHER Apollo Missions That Paved the Way For 11 and Built On...
Very few people could name all 24 astronauts who flew to the moon on an Apollo mission, let alone the five Apollo astronauts whose missions didn’t even take them that far, but Apollo 11 was not some...
View ArticleThirty Years Ago Today, Star Trek's Most Memorable Cliffhanger Aired
Having weathered two turbulent seasons, with a fairly high turnover among writers and producers, Star Trek: The Next Generation would go through its third season with some more changes. Yet in those...
View ArticleFrom Russell to Ossoff and Warnock: The Changing Face of the Georgia...
We’re just days away from learning the outcome of the two Georgia US senate races; two seats that weren’t viewed as competitive or attainable to Democrats just a couple of years ago, anymore than the...
View ArticleAn Anniversary Worth Noting
With a string of Democratic victories yesterday, including the amendment in Ohio, I wanted to note a bit of a milestone taking place today.As of November 8, it has been thirty-five years since a...
View ArticleWe lost two Apollo astronauts this past month
With everything that past going on at home and abroad, this news didn’t seem to get much attention, but in the past few weeks, the small, elite group of human beings who not only flew to the moon, but...
View Article30 Years Ago Today, One of the best Batman Films Was Released in...
Besides being Humphrey Bogart’s birthday, the 25th of December is also significant as it was the release date in 1993 for an often-overlooked installment in the history of the Caped Crusader’s...
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