Afflictor: Fearing the NRA may be an official sponsor of the Super Bowl.
- Even more proof that Donald Trump is a complete moron.
- Old Print Articles: General Lew Wallace dies at Indiana home (1905) + Poor man sells mustache (1893).
- Classic Photograph: Upton Sinclair, Pumping Oil! (1927)
- Featured Videos: Bill Boggs interviews Billy Carter and John Dean + William F. Buckley, Hank Aaron and Louis C.K. join Conan O’Brien for a sketch (1993) + Mike Wallace reporting on the Rebirthing trend (1981) + David Frost interviews football coach Brian Clough in 1974 (both of whom would be portrayed decades later by Michael Sheen).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: How Ron Paul got started + Please visit me at my house of horrors + I’d also like to sample the drugs in you medicine cabinet.
- Chucklehead Joe Scarborough will, perhaps, someday be right.
- Cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge is the subject of a new book.
- John Demjanjuk wasn’t the only former Nazi to move to America.
- David Mamet really wants armed guards in American schools.
- Should we use an extreme method to stop cats from harming biodiversity?
- A man who injects himself with snake venom did an Ask Me Anything .
- We may be close to enjoying sprayable Wi-Fi.
- Imagining architecture that can repel drones.
- Researchers mine newspaper archives to predict the future.
- The Milgram Experiment reimagined for the Digital Age.
- American kids can’t drive or go to a comedy club, but they can fire guns.
- Oliver Sacks explains that our memories are sometimes imagined.
- 3 things that can accelerate the presence of driverless cars.
- Bruce Nussbaum examines Apple’s fading aura.
- Without the U.S. Postal Service, life would be different.
- A passage from Walter Benjamin’s 1936 essay about art in the machine age.
- A pen attachment can instantly scan and translate text.
- A brief note from 1902 about a bad patient.
- A brief note from 1858 about a boating trip.
- Afflictor Nation: Great Britain rules in January.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.