Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 2154

Forget the Jokes About Face Blindness. Some 2 Percent of People Actually Have It.

Sadie Dingfelder was able to live a regular life for years before realizing she had prosopagnosia.

Andrew Luck Beat Football

Luck was smart and self-aware enough to know when to walk away.

An NFL Kicker on the Absurdity of NFL Kicker Tryouts

The Chicago Bears ratcheted up that absurdity to ridiculous heights.

The Yang Gang Is Brigading Everything From IMDb to Random Bernie Bros’ Twitter Polls

The quest for internet ubiquity has taken Andrew Yang’s supporters to some extremely minor places.

Judge Rules Johnson & Johnson Must Pay $572 Million for Helping Fuel Opioid Crisis in Oklahoma

The company has said it will appeal the ruling.

China Is Using “War on Terror” Language to Justify Authoritarianism

And now, it’s spreading its techniques abroad.

What It Means to Work at Google When You Can No Longer Say Anything You Want

Google’s reckoning with its internal ethos has been a long time coming.

Dickinson Delivers an Emily Dickinson for the YOLO Set

AppleTV's Dickinson offers an ahistorically crunk take on the legendary poet.

The Angle: Our Medical System Is Not Set Up to Handle Things Like Chronic Lyme

“Office visits are what, 15 minutes?” one doctor said.

Axios: Trump Suggested Using Nuclear Weapons to Stop Hurricanes

The president has reportedly raised the idea of bombing hurricanes to stop them from making landfall more than once.