by Derek Dowell Star Trek. Star Wars. A variety of comic books. You know you’ve got a popular franchise on your hands when you get your own convention. So far, the AMC zombie apocalypse show, “The Walking Dead” has spawned a podcast, a one-man play…and now its...
by Derek Dowell It’s no secret that the technical side of the rollout of President Obama’s landmark health care legislation has been, to put it kindly, a disaster. In an effort to seize control of the issue, the president plans to address the nation on the topic from...
It was a thrilling Monday morning for gay couples in New Jersey. Across the state, same-sex marriages were officially sanctioned after the State Supreme Court rejected Governor Christie’s administration’s request to delay implementation of the policy. With this...
As Calvin Parker, Jr. will tell anyone who asks, the essential freakiness and subsequent notoriety for serving as witness to one of the most high-profile unidentified flying object experiences in history has never been a walk in the park. Were the grey, crab-clawed...
Though both sides are still talking tough in the economic impasse that has resulted in a nine-day-long partial government shutdown, President Barack Obama has plans to hold talks at the White House with Republican lawmakers in the coming days. Such a conversation...