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The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller
It’s nice to know that someone else in the world felt as I did—betrayed—upon finding out that the much-beloved Chronicles of Narnia were C.S. Lewis’s thinly veiled attempt at bringing Christianity to the youth of the world.
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The beginning of the end for NASA?
This week NASA announced its Next Big Thing: the “Space Launch System,” a heavy-lift vehicle that will provide the basis for a new generation of deep space missions, and renew U.S. launch capability in the post-Shuttle era. It’s an exciting new concept with the potential to take the human race far beyond Low Earth Orbit.…
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Louis Sullivan: Prophet of Modern Architecture by Hugh Morrison
A brilliant overview and critique of the life, designs, and philosophy of Louis H. Sullivan forces me to reassess not just my attitude toward Sullivan, but also toward historic preservation and architecture in general.
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To the Onion A.V. Club: You’re welcome
The Onion A.V. Club visited their hometown of Chicago for their latest Pop Pilgrims episodes. But first, they did their homework by visiting my website. I thought that was cool in and of itself. But what takes the cake is, they’re cool enough to admit it and to give me credit.
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So long, farewell, we’ll miss you, and… good riddance?
The Space Shuttle program has come to an end. It accomplished some great things over the past three decades—but I can’t help thinking that we should have chosen a different path into space.
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The spin-off’s spin-off’s spin-off
For the past few months I’ve had a puzzler simmering on the back burner. It was triggered by MeTV airing, the Sunday before Valentine’s Day, a marathon of Love, American Style. Amidst the episodes was the segment “Love and …
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