Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine- "Survivors" vs. "Cardassians"

Survivors S1E11 (4 May 94) vs. Cardassians S2E5 (24 Oct 93)

-Garibaldi’s, Sinclair’s, & the Shadows’ backstory are further explored in a very bad arc of the Babylon 5 DC comic, Shadows Past & Present (1996)

-The classic contemporary critique of NAFTA is the Ralph Nader edited collection Case against Free Trade: GATT, NAFTA, & the Globalization of Corporate Power (1993) that includes contributions from Jerry Brown, Wendell Berry, & occasional sf writer Margret Atwood

-On FDR’s selectively vague & historic 1932 campaign, see Donald Ritchie Electing FDR: New Deal Campaign of 1932 (2007)

-Matt & Bob talk again about Andrew Robinson’s backstory novel for Garak, Stitch in Time (2000)

-For the further adventures of Rugal, see Una McCormack Never-ending Sacrifice (2009)

-Garibaldi’s & Kemmer’s emotional incest energy reminded Bob of the much better Arthur Miller tragedy View from the Bridge (1955)