Rudnik > Static on the Television Set

The Hollow Content of American Reality TV Hits Home in Valdosta Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: Postwar Americans saw rapid changes in their lifestyles. The oft-championed “greatest generation,” born in the 1920s, coming of…

Rudnik > President Obama’s Department of Precrime

Indefinite detention—because they could, might, may, very well commit a crime. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor “The Minority Report” is a 1956 short by acclaimed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.  In it, we…

Rudnik > Why I’m Not Reading Harper Lee’s…

Some stories need not be retold. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: Great stories don’t necessarily need sequels. Would Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby or Nabokov’s Lolita enthrall us in the same way if there was…

Rudnik > Fly Me to the Moon?

The Desperate Need for a Comprehensive U.S. Space Policy Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: In 1964 Frank Sinatra put the song “Fly Me to the Moon” on top of the charts.  The tune, hitting…

Rudnik > The Prospect of a Nuclear North…

Nicholas A. Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: A Nuclear North Korea Means One Thing for Certain: The Human Race Hangs in the Balance In the black-and-white 1951 film adaptation of the science fiction film The…