- The NYT really underplayed how chilling it would be for Trump to punish Amazon for not being “nice” to him.
- A 70-year-old sociopath is not going to change for the better.
- T.A. Frank assesses the threat of Trump getting us all blown to bits.
- Moral courage is needed as Trump moves autocracy into the Oval Office.
- A former UK diplomat weighs the veracity of the Trump dossier.
- Nixon Counsel John Dean says the new boss may be worse than his old boss.
- As Obama’s tenure concludes, let’s recall Bill O’Reilly’s asinine criticism of him.
- Richard Feynman was stunned people would live in NYC after Hiroshima.
- Manu Saadia explains why Peter Thiel fearsy Star Trek egalitarianism.
- Perhaps we’ll soon have radical abundance, but policy still will matter.
- Some Americans are opting out, forming “intentional communities.”
- Hans Berliner, who created the backgammon computer champ, just died.
- Read the original 1979 Washington Post report about Berliner’s “gammonoid.”
- Old Print Article: The Trial of J. Robert Oppenheimer. (1954)
- A brief note about P.T. Barnum and Hicks the Pirate.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Richard Dawkins, dog barbers, etc.