SAME OL’ SAME OL’?—JUST A COUPLE R&T ROAD TESTS PART 1
IT WAS TOO EARLY (1958) to wonder what the R&T staff was smoking, but imagine hallucinatory oddities of February and April road tests that year: the Isetta 300 and Chrysler … Continue reading
OPERA’S SEVEN DEADLY SINS
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S MONTHLY OPERA NEWS features Henry Stewart’s “Operapedia,” wherein he chooses a topic and expands it around operatic themes. His January 2023 theme is the Seven Deadly Sins. … Continue reading
FLIGHT-SIM STIPA-CAPRONI
A WISE YOUNG WOMAN taught me “Never say never.” Well, a fat lot of good that did, because as recently as October 13 of last year, I noted that the … Continue reading
THIRTIES COSTUME DESIGN PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING tidbits from Daughter Suz’s Christmas present (from me). Today in Part 2, we’ll see a guy wearing no undershirt, a gal who could wear just about … Continue reading
THIRTIES COSTUME DESIGN PART 1
THE KID HAS GOOD TASTE, I’ll say that for her. Daughter Suz gave me a wish list of possible Christmas and Birthday gifts (her middle name is Noelle), and one … Continue reading
BERKELEY SPORT
“A SPORTS CAR IN MINIATURE,” R&T called the Berkeley in its January 1958 contents page. And so it was, hitherto the smallest engined car tested by the magazine (albeit not … Continue reading
THE ETHICS OF SCIENCE: NAMING AND A.I. PART 2
YESTERDAY THE ETHICS OF SCIENCE discussed naming the James Webb Space Telescope. Today in Part 2, the word “Space” is involved too, but in a much different context. At the … Continue reading
THE ETHICS OF SCIENCE: NAMING AND A.I. PART 1
SEVERAL RECENT HAPPENINGS, DISSIMILAR THOUGH THEY BE, describe the ethics of science. One involves controversy surrounding the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope. The other involves artificial intelligence and … Continue reading
PYRAMUS AND THISBE’S ROMANCE—TRAGIC AND NOT SO MUCH
THE STAGE WAS SET BY Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined where Stephen Fry says, “Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet, Heathcliff and Catherine, Sue Ellen and J.R.—the doomed lovers we … Continue reading
WHY NOT HYBRIDS? PART 2
YESTERDAY, SIMANAITISSAYS 2023 began discussing the pros and cons of BEVs versus ICEs, battery electric vehicles versus those with internal combustion engines. Today in Part 2 we discuss a third … Continue reading
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