Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Its Cancellation
My musings about corporate assimilation of media outlets, toxic fandom, and the inability of people to grow up. Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Its Cancellation
Tag: politics
Henry Ford, Enemy of Capitalism
In 1914, Industrialist Henry Ford began to combine his paternalistic interest in social engineering with the huge profits Ford Motor Company was making annually. In fact, one of his ideas quite simply revolutionized American Capitalism by doing something really radical. … Continue reading Henry Ford, Enemy of Capitalism
1863, 1963 and 2013
Here’s why this day, this year, this inauguration is so exciting and special. When our first African-American President is sworn in for a second term he will acknowledge several important historic events and ideals converging. The alignment is amazing. President Obama will be sworn in on two Bibles: one that was once owned by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will sit on top of another previously owned by President Abraham Lincoln. This year is 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln which freed the slaves in the Confederate States and Territories (January 1, 1863). This … Continue reading 1863, 1963 and 2013