Monthly Archives: September 2019

New Year’s Resolutions, Part 3

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

As I’ve written before, back in January, I made several New Year’s resolutions, but I later wound up adjusting them every three months. All year, I’ve been trying to set goals for myself that are ambitious, but doable—particularly to improve … Continue reading →

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The Handmaid’s Tale as a Different Kind of Dystopia

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

The Handmaid’s Tale is the famous dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood in which a radical theocratic regime has taken over America, brutally oppressing everyone who isn’t a Reconstructionist “Christian,” but particularly focusing on women. Since the book was released, and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ad Astra

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

You don’t see many movies like Ad Astra these days—movies that depict space exploration in the future, but in the forseeable future. Ad Astra falls in that narrow, but vital window in storytelling with Gravity, Interstellar, and The Martian in … Continue reading →

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Classic Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

I’ve spent the past few years reading (okay, mostly listening to audiobooks) through a long list of classic science fiction novels (more on that at the end of the year), but I’ve put off reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To by Randall Munroe

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Randall Munroe, writer of the popular xkcd webcomic has released his latest book, How To. I previously reviewed his book, What If? which gave scientific answers to absurd questions submitted by readers. I also wrote a series of posts answering … Continue reading →

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The Evolution Debate: Beneficial Mutations

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

In the creationism-evolution debate, one of the most common creationist talking points is that random mutation cannot be the driving force behind evolution, either because it is too unlikely to happen by random chance, or because mutations can’t make any … Continue reading →

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