What If ‘Star Trek’ Were Free?
Even after seven television series and thirteen movies, Star Trek’s existence is always precarious. The failure of a show like Star Trek: Enterprise, saved once from cancellation after its second season, kept Star Trek off television for a generation. Now, with Discovery airing behind the CBS All Access paywall, it’s the Star Trek movie series that…
More Stories
MAGA World Part One
I like trying new things just for fun, like this story. You don’t have to like it, but I hope...
The Household Chronicles: TV, Parrots, and Cultural Quirks
I like to have a TV droning in the background while I write and work. It affords a measure of...
The Day Daddy Spanked Mommy
This story contains graphic depictions of domestic violence as seen through the eyes of a child. Sensitive readers should be...
The Day My Identity Was Stolen
This is a true story. It happened to me. Don’t let yourself be a victim. If you are, there are...
When the Clock Stops
I’m a man of a certain age, as they say, although I’ve no real idea what that means. Aren’t we...
What About That Mysterious Signal From Space?
Did you know that on August 15, 1977, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope detected a strong radio signal...
I’m not a Trekkie, at least not in the colloquial sense, but I do enjoy most Star Trek shows, with latest being Discovery. No doubt CBS turned off a lot of fans because they were requiring a subscription of $11 a month to get access to all their programming, without commercials. Didn’t turn me off. Certainly not at that price.