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Rationalism Vs. Intuition (Spock and McCoy)

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By Wayne Allensworth I loved the original Star Trek series when I was a kid. Sci-fi fascinated me. The show fired my imagination and, I think, in a developed industrial society, the call for exploring a new frontier resonated with the memory of those of us whose ancestors settled an America that was already far behind us. “Exploring new worlds” and the “final frontier” had a poetic ring. America...

Goodbye, Mr. Bond

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By Wayne Allensworth You only live twice Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face —  James Bond, after Japanese poet Basho in You Only Live Twice My first encounter with James Bond at the movies was quite memorable, partly because I was trying to watch Goldfinger from the backseat of our family car at Thunderbird Drive-in in Houston, Texas, and partly because my...

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