News — Star Trek

I grew up watching Star Trek. As a kid, my dad took me and my friends to conventions where adults would dress in full Klingon garb in forehead ridges and carried bat'leths. While I certainly enjoyed DS9, Voyager, and some Kirk-Spock-McCoy shenanigans as a child, Star Trek The Next Generation (TNG) made the largest impression on me. Star Trek TNG taught us that different cultures did not need to be feared. That brains, courage, and perseverance can overcome challenge. And that most adversaries could become allies given understanding, patience, and time. Star Trek TNG did not contain lessons for tea...