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Today is Saint Andrew’s Day, the national holiday of Scotland. Andrew was the first disciple to bring another person to Jesus: he told his brother, Simon Peter, “We have found the Messiah” (John 1.41). According…
Today, many Roman Catholics and other Christians will remember Dorothy Day, who died on this date in 1980. If you’re not overly familiar with her (as, I must admit, I was not), the following trailer…
“Why hasn’t it changed?” That’s the question the Doctor and Susan ask about the TARDIS when they realize that, despite its appearance in a Stone Age setting, the time machine still looks like a 1960s…
What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. Michael…
Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. — Klingon proverb (Star Trek, “Day of the Dove”) I think the anonymous Klingon sage quoted above must have been talking about…
Not all games delve into morality, and those that do often get it wrong. This author takes a look at how moral decisions are represented in the digital world. I sat down today to write my…
When I was a kid everything changed for me when I first saw Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. For the rest of my childhood the default game was Star Wars, the default action…
What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com. The…
The book of Numbers tells us that Moses “was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12.3). He’d no doubt be surprised, then, at the buzz around yesterday’s…
Are you ready for Doctor Who times two? According to Variety, the BBC is working with multiple Harry Potter-helmer David Yates to turn “its iconic sci-fi TV series… into a big screen franchise.” This should…
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