Steve Hammons
Articles by Steve Hammons
November 13, 2009
The new ABC TV series "V" seems to be drawing a solid audience and may be helping us consider important issues facing our society today. The original 1983 miniseries was reportedly related to a novel by Sinclair Lewis about the Nazis coming to power in Germany. Yet, what if we look at the more literal context of the show – that extraterrestrial or unusual visitors of some kind have arrived, perhaps quite some time ago, and are among us?
November 11, 2009
The new fact-based fiction movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats" deals with more than meets the eye. Or at least, we see some subjects touched on in quick and sometimes subtle ways that might trigger more thought. In other scenes, certain topics are dealt with at length or even hit viewers between the eyes with a cinematic sledgehammer. Incredibly funny parts of the movie are juxtaposed with the troubling, tragic and frightening.
November 09, 2009
The new movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is bringing expanded awareness to the general public about unconventional and anomalous topics involving human consciousness and the nature of "reality." Another film, this one a documentary, is doing the same. Dutch filmmaker Renée Scheltema's film "Something Unknown is Doing We Don't Know What," like the "Goats" movie, looks at discoveries in modern physics and psychology, remote viewing, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, unconventional healing, therapeutic touch, psychic detective work and related subjects.
April 16, 2009
A five-part TV program on the Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) "American Experience" series begins Monday, April 13, and will continue on subsequent Mondays through May 11.
The groundbreaking presentation, "We Shall Remain," looks at American history since the arrival of Europeans from the Nati...
April 15, 2009
The non-fiction book "Hunt for the Skinwalker," published in 2005, is a fascinating account of a scientific research team's investigation into unusual phenomena at a remote Utah ranch. Written by research scientist Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D., and award-winning investigative journalist George Knapp, the book takes readers on an exciting, mysterious and somewhat frightening adventure into the unknown. The full title is "Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Utah Ranch."