JOHN HONEYMAN—GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DOUBLE AGENT PART 2
YESTERDAY PART 1 INTRODUCED US TO John Honeyman, George Washington’s double agent who played a crucial role in turning the tide of the American Revolution. Today in Part 2 is … Continue reading
JOHN HONEYMAN—GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DOUBLE AGENT PART 1
NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE FOUND in a variety of places. Recently on SiriusXM “Radio Classics,” mention was made in a vintage “Lux Theatre” broadcast of a Revolutionary War spy named … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS—A PERSONAL UPDATE
I CONTINUE TO MONITOR Automotive News, though with somewhat different focus in retirement than the weekly in-depth scrutiny of my professional years. These days, I let the issues pile up … Continue reading
NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION CAME TO MIND when I read David Dayen in The New York Times, October 22, 2024: “Back in June, Oklahoma’s superintendent for public instruction, Ryan Walters, ordered every … Continue reading
ANGLOPHILIC COMMENTARIES PART 1
ENGLISH, AFTER ALL, IS LANGUAGE OF THE BRITS; we only inherited it fair and square at Yorktown in ’81. So it’s not surprising that from time to time my favorite … Continue reading
BENTLEY YW 5758—THE RIGHT STUFF PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING Classic & Sports Car’s article by Simon Hucknall about Bentley YW 5758, one of the legendary cars participating in the marque’s 1-4 dominance of the 1929 … Continue reading
BENTLEY YW 5758—THE RIGHT STUFF PART 1
THE ONLINE CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR HAS A FASCINATING (and extensive) piece about a particular 1927 Bentley 4 1.2-Litre. “History Repeating” describes Bentley plated YW 5758 having a rich competition … Continue reading
CHATBOTS—A PANDORA’S BOX OF CONVERSATIONS
INTERACTING WITH A.I. HAS SOCIETAL BENEFITS as well as a dark side. In London Review of Books, October 10, 2024, James Vincent writes about chatbots in a scarily titled “Horny … Continue reading
MONDIAL DE L’AUTO PART 2
HERE IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE OUR TOUR of the Mondial de l’Auto in Paris’s Porte de Versailles. We move from the practicality of a sub-€30K BEV to a contrasting … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
ANGLOPHILIC COMMENTARIES PART 2
YESTERDAY WE SHARED ENGLISH QUOTES from the likes of Noel Coward, Dorothy Sayers, W. Somerset Maugham, and even Irishman George Bernard Shaw. Today in Part 2, two extended commentaries follow, … Continue reading →