If you've had the good fortune to watch the film "Oppenheimer", it might intrigue you to learn that a top expert on Oppenheimer, Gregg Herken, resides right in Santa Cruz. Read his commentary.

So you're stuck in a crowd of eager moviegoers this week, squashed between a gang of nuclear physics enthusiasts and a flash mob of hardcore Barbie fans, and you're thinking, "Man, life is tough. Why can't I have both?"