This week, Donald Trump’s physician, who said the nominee would be the healthiest individual ever elected because “all the rest of them are either sick or dead,” diagnosed another Republican with just a mild headache.
- Edward Luce profiles longtime Donald Trump consigliere Roger Stone.
- Paul Wolfowitz explains why he’s horrified by the political rise of Trump.
- Whither Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s “Dear Respected Comrade”?
- Gonzo Ramparts editor Warren Hinckle just died. Read some of his best work.
- It was better to have Gawker than not have it. Why does its demise mean?
- Farhad Manjoo says Gawker’s influence lives on. That’s mostly true.
- Yuval Harari’s brilliant essay says Humanism is giving way to “Dataism.”
- Top scientists try to answer 20 big questions about the future of humanity.
- “Another Earth” near Proxima Centauri is discovered. What does it mean?
- Despite recent business deals, Elon Musk may fail to electrify the world.
- Paul Taylor thinks about the near- and long-term future of machine learning.
- The arrival of the Internet of Things is subtle, which may not be good.
- David Pescovitz discusses the (perhaps) bold future of libraries.
- The Economist reports on the disorienting struggle faced by Postmormons.
- Americans are longer among the world’s tallest people. Why?
- Tama Janowitz, 1980s NYC bright young thing, publishes a memoir.
- A brief note from 1891 about hunger artist Charles Owen ending his fast.
- A brief note from 1945 about a volcano salesman.
- Old Print Article: Bruno Hauptmann’s executioner grows nervous. (1936)
- Old Print Article: General Lew Wallace dies at Indiana home. (1905)
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Barbra Streisand, Peter Thiel, etc.