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Tories and Trek

After holding out for more than a year, Kathryn Lopez finally delivered: Star Trek Weekend on NRO. Now, as John Podhoretz concedes, TNG was basically "a conservative's nightmare." But I wasn't so politically attuned in my formative years, and even if I had been, I clearly wouldn't have been alone in still liking Trek. It's just that now, I agree with my dad that Kirk was the better man, even if Stewart was inarguably the better actor - and to a degree I even agree with Jonah Goldberg that TNG has not aged well. Still, as it is, I can still tell you within 2 minutes of watching the title of any given Next Generation episode. This is a cool trick only among a certain small population of guys, a fact of which I was only too well aware in high school (why yes, I was writing fanfic when it was in its BBS/Usenet days, and I did save up baby-sitting money to go to a convention once). Heh. It all worked out when I met my husband because of Star Wars (and Notre Dame football, I always hasten to add), leading to an appearance by Darth Vader at our rehearsal dinner and a reception toast from my father to "live long and prosper."

Anyway, some amusing articles are up at National Review this weekend. Celebrate the dorkiness.

Full post as published by Irish Law on September 30, 2007 (boomark / email).