Captain Kirk

Ramadan and Captain Kirk

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Both Star Trek and Ramadan are all about universal values: compassion, discipline, and the struggle for self-improvement.

To Paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, People Get the Trek They Deserve

Julian Yap | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment


Julian Yap

If this younger, more diverse, hopeful, humorous, and ultimately optimistic Star Trek is a reflection of our times, then perhaps things are looking up.

Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Star Trek

Paul Snyder | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment


Paul Snyder

Kirk and Spock do a lot of punching, for Kirk and Spock. This is Star Trek with the Beastie Boys in it. People get naked.

A Mindless Meld of "Star Trek" and the New Unemployment Rate

Dave Astor | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...

Star Trek: Live Long and Repeat

John Marshall | Posted 06.07.2009 | Comedy


John Marshall

The Enterprise has gone back in time and is orbiting 21st century Earth. A man in a suit suddenly appears on the viewscreen. Captain Kirk leaps out of his seat.

Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise

William J. Astore | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


William J. Astore

Looking back at Star Trek after more than four decades, what's remarkable is how much it captured a still extant American optimism and an American cultural smugness.

The Oscars: Party Like It's 1929 ...

Martin Lewis | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


Martin Lewis

Perhaps we can celebrate in the same spirit that inhabited that first Oscars at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in May 1929, just 5 months before the whole world slid into the economic abyss.

Star Trek 11: The Obama Factor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.23.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

After years of inactivity, Star Trek has been re-energized by J.J. Abrams, and supposedly transformed in such a way that connects it to its roots while making it relevant again.

Shatner, Priceline Celebrate 10 (Profitable) Years Together

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The cameras zoomed in on William Shatner as he raced a baby carriage through a crowded outdoor restaurant in Koreatown. Dressed in a black suit, his ...