James Madison was perhaps the most influential figure when it came to the writing of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. When he states his view/warning on the wealthy’s influence on the government he’s designing, we should probably take heed.
Read more...If somebody’s writing “rule” has the word “never” in it, or can be easily rephrased so as to have the word “never” …
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With Comic-Con sprouting again in San Diego in ’09, I can’t help feel like this year is different. I’ve had this sense before with other sorts of conventions. Has Comic-Con’s popularity caused it to meet their fate?
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I’ve had Star Trek be a part of my life since 1967. I was in elementary school at the time. Though I didn’t quite latch on to the series when it started, by the end of the first season I was hooked. Who knew that 42 years later, I’d still be talking about it?
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Tonight’s episdoe of CSI, “A Space Oddity”, promised to be an interesting one: a death at a scifi convention. I’m still not quite sure if it was a parody, an homage, or outright mocking. I say this despite the fact that the principle writers have a connection to the genre.
Read more...The recent news that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain has called for the GOP to scale back the nominating convention circus to …
Read more...I can’t remember a time in my voting-eligible life when a political convention to select a presidential candidate was actually relevant. Instead, …
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