It All Starts with Sturgeon, sort of…

Science fiction took a big step toward modernity (actually postmodernity) with Theodore Sturgeon’s  “Unite and Conquer,” which I read recently in the collection A Way Home. Within that story, the…

Sweat of (Something’s) Brow

There has been much criticism over the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Unfortunately, critics have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Court…

We are all Morton Downey Jr.

Remember that girl, during the 2008 presidential election, who faked an attack from an ardent Obama supporter? She scratched a backward B on her cheek, as one might do if…

How quickly we forget…

In a recent interview with Christopher Nolan, the first question asked was, “Where did you get the idea of being able to invade the dreams of others [the concept for…

Breaking Bad is our Greek Tragedy

It is natural and inevitable that a contemporary audience deems all those that preceded it to be unsophisticated. Therefore, I can say with some degree of certainty that future human…

Et tu, zombie?

In light of the recent zombie-related story posted a week back, I thought it might be a good time to look at the concept of the zombie in popular culture….