Email Author Paul M. Davis

2012 Stories by Paul M. Davis

• When Worlds Collide

  published February 22, 2012

  The notion that art and science exist in opposition to one another persists, although it’s an unnecessary — and often imaginary... More >>

• Commencing Countdown

  published April 4, 2012

  Ground control to all wannabe Major Toms: It’s been 51 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to breach the atmosphere and reach... More >>

• Civil Wrongs Revisited

  published April 4, 2012

  Bayard Rustin was a fervid orator and incisive rhetorician who served as a key figure in the civil rights movement for more than 60 years. He... More >>

• Masochism Spoken Here

  published February 29, 2012

  Lust, love, depression, delusions of grandeur -- this is the stuff of cringe-inducing adolescent memories. As we mature, many of us purge the... More >>

• Low-Grade Brilliance

  published January 11, 2012

  Most of our smartphones contain digital cameras that rival the best that money could buy less than a decade ago. We often pay hundreds of dollars... More >>

• Collision Repair

  published February 22, 2012

  The notion that art and science exist in opposition to one another persists, although it’s an unnecessary — and often imaginary... More >>

• A Nation Mobilized

  published February 15, 2012

  The frothing professional pundit class doesn’t get it: The Occupy movement and related protests of the past year aren’t isolated... More >>

• Obscured by Fame

  published January 25, 2012

  Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But... More >>

• Big Game

  published January 25, 2012

  In her book Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How they Can Change the World, game designer and researcher Jane... More >>

• Surroundstage

  published January 4, 2012

  Before the theater was about expensive tickets and Andrew Lloyd Webber productions that run 1,300 weeks, it was often an exuberant, even rowdy... More >>

• Dictatorial Fiction

  published January 4, 2012

  It might seem like an odd time to release a novel that includes a fictionalized narrative by Kim Jong-Il, seeing that North Korea’s... More >>

• Oral Flame-Thrower

  published January 4, 2012

  There’s “alternative comedy,” and there’s offensive humor, and any good comedian will tell you it’s part of the job... More >>