Much of the world is celebrating Star Trek’s Sixtieth Anniversary today, September 8, 2026. In Canada, Star Trek actually launched two days earlier on September 6, 1966. In the days before cable and Canadian network substitutions many US shows were broadcast in Canada before they were broadcast in the United States. I obtained the posters […]
Earlier this summer I saw a prepublication notice for Sarah Kovner’s book Prisoners of the Empire Inside Japanese POW Camps, where the Harvard University Press promotion called the book “A pathbreaking account of World War II POW camps, challenging the longstanding belief that the Japanese Empire systematically mistreated Allied prisoners.” I eagerly pre-ordered the book. […]
(CONTAINS SPOILERS) Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Luke Skywalker’s final chapter in the mythic cycle that George Lucas began with the original 1977 Star Wars film, now called A New Hope. That’s why, despite the flaws in any Hollywood movie, The Last Jediwill become a classic. As every Star Wars fan knows, Lucas based the character of […]