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Fondly remembering Roger Ebert… nerdy kid in search of friends, childhood zine editor

By Mark | April 4, 2013

I have very few regrets in life. One of the biggest is not pursuing an interview with writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert more aggressively. (He finds himself in the distinguished company on Don Knotts and Joey Ramone in that regard.) If you haven’t heard, Ebert passed away today at […]

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Richard Dawkins talks with kids about science, the universe and evolution

By Mark | January 25, 2010

Here’s something nice to watch with your kids this morning, as you’re eating your cereal, sipping your coffee and filling your flasks. And, for what it’s worth, it might also be useful for those adult readers of this site, who seem to have some difficulty understanding what exactly evolution is. [Via TED, which describes it […]