Afflictor: Thinking the easiest way to tell who won a Presidential election is to look at the candidates’ rides.
- There will always, always be Twinkies.
- It wouldn’t been good for anyone for Gaza to return to the Middle Ages.
- Old Print Article: Three scalps sent to Bavaria from Nebraska. (1890)
- Featured Videos: Mayoral candidate William F. Buckley on Meet the Press (1965) + Eames film about the couple’s Pacific Palisades home (1955) + Patti Smith performs on Mike Douglas’ show (1977) + Merv Griffin interviews Dick Gregory (1965), the principal cast of The China Syndrome (1979) and Neil Simon (1967).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Tell me more about the Serbian Lindsay Lohan + The phrase “innocent teacher” has been redefined.
- A brief sketch of Elon Musk’s wonder years in South Africa.
- Psychopaths come in different forms, aren’t always violent.
- Nobody ever officially dies at Disney World.
- Shop mannequins are now data-miners.
- Michael Kinsley and Tina Brown recall the lavish magazine world.
- Ray Kurzweil thinks we’re at the dawn of brain-extension.
- A rare inability to feel pain complicates a child’s maturation.
- Alexis Madrigal provides an inside look at Obama’s tech team.
- Slumbering giant Microsoft patents augmented-reality glasses.
- The Mars Rover seems to have made a significant discovery.
- A self-filling water bottle has been invented.
- John Smart makes predictions about chemical brain preservation.
- A brief note from 1891 about a family reunion.
- A brief note from 1899 about prospectors with scurvy.
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