BENITO MUSSOLINI: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
TRUMP’S AUDACIOUS BANNING OF REPORTERS WHO DISAGREE WITH HIS ACTIONS is yet another step in his striving for fascist rule. Ava Berger reports, “CNN, MS NOW, Politico Reporters Denied Access … Continue reading
THE LIGHTER SIDES OF AUTOMOTIVE WOES PART 2
YESTERDAY, I WENT CHERRY-PICKING MY FAVORITE AUTOMOTIVE NEWS for the ridiculous and the absurd. Fun continues today in Part 2 with two test drives. “Extended” Test Drive? Nick Bunkley (who … Continue reading
THE LIGHTER SIDES OF AUTOMOTIVE WOES PART 1
EVEN THE MOST RESPECTED AUTOMAKERS FIND THEMSELVES occasionally on the wrong side of propriety—or common sense. Leafing through the last two months of my favorite automotive journal, Automotive News, I … Continue reading
CELEBRATING ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE PETER HELCK
BACK IN R&T 1981, SAM POSEY CELEBRATED ARTIST PETER HELCK: “Peter Helck was born in 1893, just in time for the invention of the automobile The first car race, the … Continue reading
NEET TEENS WORLDROUND PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE STARTED ETYMOLOGICAL FUN WITH NEET, “Not in Employment, Education or Training,” encouraged by William Davies’ “Young People Are Different,” London Review of Books. Today in Part 2, we … Continue reading
NEET TEENS—WORLDROUND PART 1
“THE TEENAGER WAS BORN, IT’S SOMETIMES SAID, IN AMERICA IN THE MID-1950S, when Little Richard released ‘Tutti Frutti’ and Elvis appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.” And so begins William … Continue reading
TRUMP HAS GONE BEYOND THE PALE (AND NOT THE FIRST TIME)
NOT ONLY IS TRUMP A COMMON LIAR, AN OUTLANDISH EGOTIST, AND A RAGING FASCIST, he has gone quite beyond the pale in so many other ways. Recall the Term “Beyond … Continue reading
HERE’S LOOKIN’ ATCHA
DANIEL CLERY REPORTS “NASA’S ROMAN TELESCOPE Readies a Sweeping View of the Universe,” AAAS Science, August 26, 2026: “With a view 100 times larger than Hubble,” Clery recounts, “the observatory … Continue reading
WONDERFUL FOLK LEGENDS
YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I MADE A (MINOR) LITERARY NAME FOR MYSELF: It was in elementary school and I got a good mark for writing a piece on folk hero … Continue reading
EV NUTS AND BOLTS
NUTS ARE JUST NUTS. AND BOLTS, BOLTS, RIGHT? And, for once, I’m not talking about political nutballs or party defections. Indeed, it turns out in this evolving world of EV … Continue reading
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