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“Being perfectly well-dressed gives one a tranquility that no religion can...
email readers click here for video Longtime readers will know of your correspondent’s deep affection for Rube Goldberg (see here and here) and those he inspires (see here). To wit, the above film–...
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“It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago”*…
The first of 11 questions designed to test “How well do you really know your country?” Choose any one of 33 countries, then take the quiz. * Dan C. Quayle (campaigning for the Vice Presidency in...
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“Nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our...
From illustrator John Hendrix, a series of graphics (based on an essay by Gregory Laughlin)– see them all (and in larger sizes) at “How Big Can Life Get?” * Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty...
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“You want to know what a robot’s designed for”*…
In examining the history of famous robots, you’d be forgiven for overlooking a 1950s children’s toy named Robert. Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company, didn’t do...
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“Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom – beyond a...
John Hinckley, failed assassin of Ronald Reagan, shown by artist Freda Reiter in front of a television broadcasting his obsession, Jodie Foster. Courtroom sketches in the United States date back to...
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