There's lots of talk today about facts. So what better story to tell then one about Dragnet's Joe Friday who spent a career asking for “Just the facts, ma’am.”
When I was a kid, I could blame anything I did wrong on the animated wind-up toy Mr. Machine. Five decades later, Mr. Machine has been replaced. By algorithms.
William Kemmler, was in the hot seat. He was caught in a battle between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison over whether AC or DC should be used to kill him.