A LAWYER’S PERFECT RETIREMENT HOBBY?
AS MANY READERS OF SIMANAITISSAYS MAY KNOW, this website is my ideal hobby in retirement, this latter encouraged by age; nay, forced upon me by Hearst “moving the brand” out … Continue reading
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
THE GUARDIAN GATHERED COGENT VIEWS on America’s political future. I share my thoughts together with tidbits gleaned from “Time to Fight Back: Five Leading Thinkers on What Democrats Should Do … Continue reading
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME…. PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE AND PETER BOHR DISCUSSED a 1973 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV, one of R&T’s Long-Term Affordable Classics in 1987. Today in Part 2, we see what Peter Egan had … Continue reading
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME…. PART 1
READER IAN OF ALBERTA ASKED ABOUT ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE CLASSICS, an Alfa Romeo; the other was an MGB. Indeed, though I recalled the MGB, I barely remembered the … Continue reading
A PHONY SHEIKH DUPES CHER—AS WELL AS F1’S KEN TYRRELL
SULAIMAN AL-KEHAIMI WAS SON of a former Saudi ambassador, but he aimed higher—and succeeded for awhile. It’s an oft-told tale (see “Arab Cleared of £300,000 ‘Con Tricks,’ ” The Guardian, … Continue reading
ANOTHER ABSURDITY CONCERNING DATA CENTERS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE BEGAN A DISCUSSION about powering data centers with second-hand turbines from scrapped jet aircraft. Today, The New York Times’ Hiroko Tabuchi continues her analyses; we … Continue reading
ANOTHER ABSURDITY CONCERNING DATA CENTERS PART 1
IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT DATA CENTERS OCCUPY CONSIDERABLE LANDSCAPE, suck up critical electricity and water for their operation, and offer questionable societal “A.I. benefits.” Hiroko Tabuchi reports “Old, Polluting Jet … Continue reading
A RUSH OF GOLD GLEANINGS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN REVIEWING A BOOK REVIEW BY KATHRYN SCHULZ of Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World. Today, we continue … Continue reading
A RUSH OF GOLD GLEANINGS PART 1
KATHRYN SCHULZ OFFERS “THE GOLD RUSH AND THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA,” The New Yorker, October 26, 2026. It’s a review of Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Rush: California Gold, the Civil … Continue reading
NOVEMBER 3, 2026—A DAY TO REMEMBER
A GOODLY NUMBER OF AMERICANS—DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS—HAVE SPOKEN. They’ve said enough is enough. Indeed, more than enough of “national security” dicta. More than enough of alienating our country to … Continue reading
