Alex R. Howe
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Frozen II’s Worrying Embrace of Pseudoscience
I wrote in my review that I thought Frozen II was a very well-made movie. However, there was one thing in the story that I strongly disliked and even found inappropriate for children in a weird way. (Not in the … Continue reading
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The Evolution Debate: Beneficial Mutations
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
Posted in Biology, Debunking, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged evolution, evolution debate, PRATTs
The Moon Landing at 50
Unless you’ve been living under a Moon rock, you’re probably aware of how significant today and this week are. July 20, 2019: the fiftieth anniversary of the first Moon landing. What can I say about this event that won’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Space exploration, Uncategorized
Tagged Apollo50, ApolloXI, Moon, Moon Landing, nasa
Movie Review: Shazam!
This week, we saw the big screen debut of one of the less famous heroes in the comic book pantheon…Captain Marvel. Wait, what? Well, okay, the name of the movie is Shazam! (exclamation point included), and Shazam is also the … Continue reading
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My Bingo Card for Tonight
I don’t normally talk about politics on this blog, but since President Trump’s State of the Union address is tonight, I thought I’d make an exception. I encourage you to watch the speech, a little bit so you can keep … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Uncategorized
Tagged bingo, sotu, State of the Union
Children’s Fantasy Review, Part 5
Magic comes home: Half Magic and James and the Giant Peach This is the final post in my Children’s Fantasy Review series. See Part 4 here or start from the beginning here. I am doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month. My project … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Reading, Uncategorized
Tagged edward eager, half magic, james and the giant peach, roald dahl
