They came from all walks of life. Bankers, lawyers, factory workers, young and old. They had hopes and dreams, lives stretched ahead of them. They had mothers, sisters, wives, and children. Yet when the world changed in an instant they steeled their resolve, put down their lives and off they went. They traded their suits … Continue reading Never Forget
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A Lifetime of Discovery
A heartfelt tribute to Cassini, and the men and women to devoted their lives to exploration
Man Will Conquer Space Soon!
While the names of the authors in Collier's are well known today, there's one important name that's easily missed: Chesley Bonestell.
The Prime Directive
66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
Our Branching Path
Emerging technologies could redefine what it means to be human.
Are We Alone? The Question of Aliens
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? It's a question that has captured countless imaginations throughout history, and certainly one that bears asking. For the scientifically minded, it's hardly a question; today, all scientific theory holds the existence of intelligent life elsewhere as an inevitability. Indeed, from the philosophical perspective, an entire universe with … Continue reading Are We Alone? The Question of Aliens
This Was Us
On February 3, 2000, Americans witnessed a media event that had, until not long before, seemed wholly unlikely. That day, Vince McMahon, he of World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) fame, was sitting in front of the cameras to talk about professional football. What ever happened to football? He asked the cameras, rhetorically. … Continue reading This Was Us
The Field
The season has ended. The dust has settled, the stands have emptied, and the bats and balls and well-worn caps put away until next year. Our national pastime is placed on a shelf, there to gather dust for another dark winter, until with the spring the boys of summer return, and we can hear the … Continue reading The Field
The Good
In all of this anger and vitriol and self-righteous proclamation, we have taken two candidates for our highest office and reduced them to cruel effigies: the very embodiment of all that we despise. These aren’t symbols, or demons, or boogeymen. These are people.
The Voice
In 1950, a new broadcaster with fiery red hair lent his voice to the Brooklyn Dodgers. For sixty-seven years, through broken color barriers and no-hitters and world series, through countless wins and losses, his voice became the voice of summer for generations of Dodgers fans.
Michael T. Kuester 