This week, America’s War On Christmas™ reached the nuclear stage.
- Perhaps the Gig Economy should be “Libertarianism with a safety net.”
- Elon Musk thinks Falcon 9’s success moves us closer to Mars.
- The U.S. Patent system needs reconfiguring in the Digital Age.
- China is making strides toward a knowledge-based economy.
- Jeff Bezos has certainly made an impact on the Washington Post.
- Eric Schmidt says humans will control AI. Not always, they won’t.
- The Pew Research Center looks at 2015 issues (e.g., immigration).
- John McAfee, a paranoid guy, thinks “World War III will be a cyberwar.”
- Maria Alexandrova, the Bolshoi’s principal dancer, talks controversies.
- An opioid epidemic is helping to kill middle-aged Americans.
- Taffy Brodesser-Akner eulogizes the pro wrestler Roddy Piper.
- Risk management might be coming to professional sports.
- Old Print Article: How Benjamin Harrison recovered his father’s stolen corpse.
- A brief note from 1902 about sheepmen vs. cowboys.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.