Afflictor: Thinking that even though it makes absolutely no sense, Jerry Sandusky may not be the most hated man to appear on the Today show this week.
- Old Print Article: Followers of faith healer John Alexander Dowie smash drug stores. (1901)
- Classic Photograph: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, A Handsome Woman.
- Featured Videos: Joe Namath interviews Peggy Fleming and Paul Anka (1969) and Muhammad Ali and George Segal (1969) + William F. Buckley meets Woodward & Bernstein (1974), Harry Reems and Alan Dershowitz (1976), Bret Easton Ellis (1985) + Wilt Chamberlain decides, fleetingly, to fight Muhammad Ali (1971) + Elon Musk visits Jimmy Kimmel (2013) + Marc Maron interviews Dick Van Dyke (2013) + Orson Welles addresses the supposed link between violent entertainment and actual violence.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: My biggest problem with murder isn’t so much the murder + Even playing video games, something lazy people do to pass the time, is too much work for me + I’m sort of a cat person.
- Much like Hugo Chavez, Harry Reems is now dead.
- Stewart Brand just did an Ask Me Anything about de-extinction.
- Ric Menello had one of the most unlikely Hollywood careers ever.
- Bill Gates ruminates on eco-conscious food of the future.
- In 1988, the Los Angeles Times predicted what life would be like in 2013.
- In 1950, Popular Mechanics predicted what life would be like in 2000.
- A new space project wants to send people to Mars with no return ticket.
- Not too long ago, Myspace was considered a monopoly.
- Soon enough, autos will “speak” to one another and to the highways.
- Lockheed Martin becomes a leader in the quantum computing revolution.
- Futurists love thinking about tomorrow until it arrives.
- Jonathan Chait discusses politics (of course) in an Ask Me Anything.
- Big Data may lead to Big Brother–or perhaps not.
- Ultra-athlete Kilian Jornet Burgada seems more machine than human.
- A brief note from 1906 about a Syrian leper.
- A brief note from 1900 about a hungry man.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.