In my family, Dad had long loved TOS, raised my brother & me up on TNG & taught "Darmok" in his classes. But Mom always scoffed at silly hairdos & forehead ridges, until 3 weeks before she died, when in Jerusalem we saw First Contact & suddenly...communicated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGM...

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I've loved a lot of stories, but those people on the Enterprise helped make me. They set a bar, a model, a standard. I'm so grateful to them all. Patrick Stewart gave us something wonderful. What he gave remains, and there's some joy in watching so many people unfold the many parts of that gift.

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It’s a form of idolatry. They may wear crucifixes, attend worship services and speak church talk. But in the end, the only things they truly worship are their own skin. Their “culture.” And their ancestry.

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White Christian Nationalism is the most powerful animating force in my former political party. It’s utterly un-American, and it’s utterly un-Christian. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/rep...

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1) I absolutely love the actual Cheesecake Factory. Go there at least twice a month. 2) Obama’s joke that Trump makes the White House look like Sadaam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory is friggin’ hilarious. And completely accurate!

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