TRUMP AND HIS GIFTED USED BOEING 747-800
FOR A SELF-PROFESSED HYPERDEALER, TRUMP SURE SCREWED UP BIG with his gifted used 747-800. And, as is often the case, we’re being stuck with the outcome. Here are tidbits gleaned … Continue reading
ON LAUNCHING 1000 SHIPS AND BURNING TOPLESS TOWERS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN EXAMINING THE BROUHAHA of casting Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Today in Part 2, Odyssey authority Daniel Mendelsohn continues his analyses. In time, we hear as well from … Continue reading
ON LAUNCHING 1000 SHIPS AND BURNING TOPLESS TOWERS PART 1
NADIRA GOFFE PUTS IT SUCCINCTLY in her movie review, “What Did Helen of Troy Look Like? That’s the Wrong Question to Ask,” Slate, July 17, 2026: “Lupita Nyong’o plays the … Continue reading
BY (AND BUY) THE NUMBERS, AUTOMOTIVELY
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS REGULARLY PUBLISHES INDUSTRY STATISTICS of one sort or another from one source or another. Here are tidbits gleaned from two of these articles: “Tesla Again Tops Cars.com American-Made … Continue reading
THE ART OF WAR PART 2
ARMED CONFLICTS HAVE BEEN VARIOUSLY PORTRAYED in works of art. Here in Part 2, we discuss two examples, one celebratory and the other disturbing in a most timely manner. Washington … Continue reading
THE ART OF WAR PART 1
NO, I’M BEING MUCH MORE LITERAL than Sun Tzu’s 5th-century B.C. military treatise of this title. I’m prompted by recent mention of three notable works of art: the visit of … Continue reading
FLICK THE STORY OF FEMALE PLEASURE
I LEARNED ABOUT KATE LISTER’S NEW BOOK FLICK THE STORY OF FEMALE PLEASURE in “Sexual Her-Story,” by Sarah Jones, History Extra Magazine, Vol. 27 No. 6, June 2026. Its subtitle … Continue reading
A ZANY WORLD OF AUTOMOBILES
EVERY SO OFTEN, LIGHT-HEARTED THINGS surface in SimanaitisSays coverage of the automotive industry. Years ago there were “Wacky’s Neat Cars,” December 17, 2012, the Arnolt-MG and Arnolt-Bristol of Chicago entrepreneur … Continue reading
AVOIDING GIGO MEDICAL RESEARCH
A COUPLE DAYS AGO, “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LOOPHOLES,” SimanaitisSays, July 12, 2026, offered tidbits gleaned from Celina Zhoa’s AAAS Science article, “A.I. Models Have a Troubling Knack For Discovering Legal … Continue reading
A STANDARD BY WHICH OTHERS ARE MEASURED—60 YEARS AGO
“IN THIS LATTER-DAY ERA OF SPORTS CARS, getting into an MG again never fails to remind us of the Good Old Days when the MG, the TC in those days, … Continue reading
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