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Space: 1999 - The Struggle Between Good and Evil
“Dragon’s Domain” “John, if we ever do find a new place to live, and if we succeed, we’re going to need a whole new mythology.” “Tony...

Scott Robinson
Jan 16, 20246 min read


Do We Ultimately Have No Control Over Our Destiny?
Space: 1999 - "Breakaway” “As you know, our Moon has been blasted out of orbit. We have been completely cut off from planet Earth. As we...

Scott Robinson
Jan 12, 20249 min read


Watching the World Burn: The Paradox of Infant Sorrow
It’s hard to recall the artistry and antics (it’s often hard to tell which is which) of Brit rocker Aldous Snow without also thinking of...

Scott Robinson
Dec 24, 20233 min read


The Beggar's Infant
Dr. Tony Campolo has made a side career of speaking to multinational corporations, urging them to Do the Right Thing. And he puts...

Scott Robinson
Dec 17, 20237 min read


The New Nationalism
Dr. Tony Campolo’s warning – that the Moral Majority would form an alliance with the political far Right and attempt to get a...

Scott Robinson
Dec 17, 20232 min read


Christmases
Our family’s celebration of the Nativity echoes as one of the happiest components of my otherwise emotionally patchwork childhood. Not so...

Scott Robinson
Dec 17, 20234 min read


Partisanism
Partisanism is a binge of subjective gluttony. It clusters together those who already agree, absolving them of the rigors of validation,...

Scott Robinson
Dec 17, 20232 min read


The Waves
Jeddy and Tori Bena bolted across the promenade, dodging their elders and more than a few robots as they raced for the outer ring. No one...

Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 20236 min read


Selene, Receding
The full moon hovered low in the sky above the fence Joni Powell used to scramble over as a child, headed into the woods on weekend...

Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 202314 min read


Suburban Goat's Head
The banging on the door was both sharp and incessant, stirring Nora McGee from her new page-turner, a Patterson thriller she’d picked up...

Scott Robinson
Nov 26, 20238 min read


The Only
Earthrise and evening meal, and three years of multiple daily viewings had not made it any less breathtaking. He lingered a moment, then...

Scott Robinson
Nov 19, 202311 min read


The Dawning
She bent forward, ballerina-like, easily grabbing the toes of her left foot, propped on the back of the couch. She held the position for...

Scott Robinson
Nov 18, 202313 min read


And Now, the News...
“From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time - 2 o'clock Eastern Standard...

Scott Robinson
Nov 18, 202311 min read


Cherub
Noise and bright light jolt me, followed all too quickly by a stale, vaguely rancid odor. I’m sitting alone at a cafeteria table, and...

Scott Robinson
Nov 11, 20239 min read


Clusters
Homo sapiens is the most social of species. Not only do we not live in isolation, as so many creatures of the earth do, we fine-tune our...

Scott Robinson
Nov 11, 20235 min read


The Calling
The digital clock next to the luxurious king-size bed glowed a neon-blue 6:37 – eight minutes before she’d set it to go off, but she was...

Scott Robinson
Nov 4, 202315 min read


Forest Glen Sonata
He could see the evening moon through the branches above him as he made his way down the ridge, gripping his walking stick tightly,...

Scott Robinson
Oct 30, 20235 min read


Reaganism
In 1981, I was in the second year of my first round of college, and I worked for the campus newspaper. That was a bigger deal than it...

Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20234 min read


The House That Newt Built
At this writing – in October 2023 – the US House of Representatives is without a Speaker. This situation was realized in the course of an...

Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20238 min read


Minority Rule
A recent event in Ohio underscores a key feature of the growing conflict in the West today, as democracy struggles to push back against...

Scott Robinson
Oct 22, 20236 min read
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