Watch Your Step, Son
It’s a bodacious Tuesday. 40 years after the moon landing, Buzz Aldrin waxes poetic: “I, along with mankind, achieved a pinnacle of magnificence of advancement of humanity to come down from the trees. We came down from the trees. We came out of the caves. We rubbed two sticks together. We made wheels. We had an automobile. Then we decided that we could fly like a bird. We dreamed of things up in the sky that were mysterious, mythical things, and we challenged ourselves to put a human on the moon. What a bodacious challenge confronting people on the surface of the Earth. And as a result of that challenge, two guys managed to walk on the surface. That’s magnificent.” Sci-fi writers and readers weren’t so thrilled. Tom Wolfe hasn’t seen the feat matched. Another pioneer was the first female Pulitzer Prize winner, Marguerite Higgins. Her novel, War in Korea, has just been published for the first time in Korean. Neil Young may be the fourteenth greatest Canadian, but Alexandra Molotkow would rather America keep him. In case you missed it, explore the relevance of God in the Atlantic. A bit of advice – keep the moon landing in mind. – Andrew Geer
