Afflictor: Delighting our two biggest fans--Lorna and Peggy--since 2009. (Image by christian razukas.)
- Classic Film: Salesman (1968).
- Old Print Articles: Boys shoot craps, punch each other in front of church (1902) + Brooklyn bone collector shares trade secrets (1877) + Vagrant woman insulted profusely (1849).
- Classic Photographs: Frances Densmore meets Mountain Chief (1916) + Women at the Waldorf track the Stock Market (1918).
- Featured Videos: Tom Snyder interviews Alfred Hitchcock (1973) + Hunter S. Thompson making his magic (1978) + Marlin Perkins hosting Wild Kingdom + Jon Stewart interviews George Carlin (1987) + Sagan, Hawking and Clarke tackle the big issues (1988) + Totally courteous gun enthusiast + Rare footage of blind, avant-garde “Viking” composer + Robot climbs tree + Soccer-playing robots + British troops take LSD + Richard Feynman (and his ego) remembered + Pop Art sculptor Billy Apple is profiled (1966) + Mind-blowing puppetry + The McGurk Effect explained,
- Recently Posted on NYC”s Craigslist: I’m unaware that I want to post a personal ad + We may have watched Ghostbusters too many times + Give me all your cool stuff before the world ends + Give me all your pennies + Do you know a good loan shark? + I would like my work displayed on the silver screen.
- Douglas Coupland adds his two cents about Marshall McLuhan.
- Ray Bradbury wanted corporations to turn cities into malls (1996).
- Wikipedia is the best encyclopedia in the English language.
- Yet again, Katie Couric shows how dumb Sarah Palin is.
- Oriana Fallaci asserts how stupid Muammar el-Qaddafi is (2003).
- Hunter S. Thompson investigates Los Angeles overpopulation (1965).
- Exploring the act of dying in contemporary Los Angeles.
- Laurel and Hardy hang out for the final time (1956).
- Jimmy Lai creates odd animations of tabloid news stories.
- William Gibson provides a sharp take on the Web (1997).
- Rupert Murdoch rose to prominence as New York rebounded in the 1970s.
- Robert D. Kaplan envisioned a world with few borders in 1994.
- The Rapture didn’t arrive in 1844, either.
- Why doctors order so few autopsies.
- The life and times of an Asperger patient.
- Americans trying to revive the culture of manufacturing.
- Steven Hollinger sculpts found and often unusual materials.
- An attempt to create a digital coin of the realm.
- A philippic about the downside of personalization and search filters.
- Life in London from 1500-1800.
- Champion marathoner commits suicide in Kenya.
- Some guy took too much gout medicine in 1877.
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