Afflictor: Thinking it’s finally appropriate for John Boehner to start crying.
Join me for a warm glass of ginger ale, John. You’ll feel better.
- I wantonly mock Penn Jillette, even though I really like him.
- Even more proof that Donald Trump is a moron.
- 1 thing about us future people won’t believe.
- Old Print Article: Beachcombers are enriched by shipwreck (1897).
- Classic Photographs: Robert McGee, Parted From Scalp (1890) + Aimee Semple McPherson, Spreading Cheer (1935).
- Featured Videos: Bill Clinton visits Johnny Carson right after his disastrous DNC speech (1988) + Dick Cavett catches up with the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden (1972) + Merv Griffin speaks with Rose Kennedy (1969), Vincent Price (1979) and Faye Dunaway (1972) + Andrei Tarkovsky’s message for the young people.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I will do anything to avoid jury duty + This listing would make no sense if it didn’t include the words “SUNY Purchase” + This story is truly unforgettable, will permanently scar you.
- In Hurricane Sandy’s wake, James Atlas imagines NYC’s demise.
- Marvin Miller made MLB team owners, not just players, wealthy.
- Psychologist Gary Marcus ponders machines with ethical systems.
- Elon Musk wants to build a community of 80,000 on Mars.
- Nobody knows the true identity of amnesiac “Benjamin Kyle.”
- Richard Florida agitates against NYC becoming a casino city.
- Intelligent machines may be humanity’s last invention.
- Inventions may be inevitable.
- NYC Internet connections are often worse than 1995 dial-up service.
- During the analog era, Chinese typewriters had predictive text.
- College-educated Americans are becoming less literate.
- Traffic management is fully ensconced in the Big Data era.
- String Theory is defended from its chief criticism.
- China may become a technological powerhouse–perhaps.
- Thomas Malone considers the power of collective thinking
- Thomas Nagel reviews a pair of new books on morality.
- A brief note from 1870 about a discharged patient.
- A brief note from 1890 about a wife who was sold.
- A brief note from 1902 about a family squabble.
- This week’s Affllictor keyphrase searches.