Afflictor: Thinking this was the week when we could have used advice from someone who has experience dealing with a lot of snow.
- Old Print Articles: Howard Carter uncovers King Tut’s tomb (1922) + The Swami Laura Horos was an inveterate cult leader and grifter (1909).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: No, not a vegan + Some stuff left over after Cyber Monday + We’re looking to further complicate our extramarital affair.
- The social ills of ubiquitous gambling are plaguing Italy.
- An excerpt about Sinatra from Robert Evans’ second memoir.
- WaPo publisher Katherine Weymouth discusses new boos, Jeff Bezos.
- Michael Moore thinks Obamacare is wonderful and terrible.
- Food warning labels would be different if animal rights were considered.
- Evgeny Morozov distrusts tech brands, is a brand himself.
- Silicon Valley is competing with academia and Wall Street for economics PhDs.
- Bruce Schneier is more concerned about surveillance than cyber crime.
- Chris Ware worries about memories processed through smart phones.
- Ray Kurzweil predicts the near-term future of technology.
- Retired U.S. Colonel names history’s three most important battles.
- Luc Sante considers the meaning of Inside Llewyn Davis.
- Gary Marcus questions the likelihood of human-ish AI.
- People in the U.S. die differently than they used to.
- Secretly negotiating with an athlete is difficult in our viral society.
- Private car ownership might disappear in cities, but probably not.
- Neuro-modification of morality has many pitfalls.
- A brief note from 1891 about a widower.
- A brief note from 1897 about an approximation.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.