A RUSH TO THE WHEEL? NOT
THE RITE OF PASSAGE DEFINED BY A DRIVER’S LICENSE usta be a significant one for mid-teenagers (as I remember to this day). But Callie Holtermann reports “Old Enough for a … Continue reading
“PUPPY LOVE—A FINNISH NATIONAL PHENOMENON PART 2
YESTERDAY WE CITED THE GUARDIAN’S REPORT on “Puppy Love: Finnish 24-Hour Newborn Pup Livestream Is TV Smash Hit.” Today in Part 2, The New York Times shares a review that’s … Continue reading
“PUPPY LOVE”—A FINNISH NATIONAL PHENOMENON PART 1
FINLAND IS RECOGNIZED AS THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. And reflecting this is Miranda Bryant’s “Puppy Love: Finnish 24-Hour Newborn Pup Livestream Is TV Smash Hit,” The Guardian, October … Continue reading
OUR THREE PILLARS
“NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL” WRITES NICHOLAS KRISTOF in an Opinion piece in The New York Times, October 24, 2026. “America’s midterm elections,” Kristof says, “will probably be determined primarily … Continue reading
CARS AND AIRPLANES…. AND MEMORIES PART 2
CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR STARTED ALL THIS with its “22 Cars That Share Their Names With Aeroplanes.” We continue here in Part 2 with Comets, Vegas, Aerostars, and Concordes. 1962 … Continue reading
CARS AND PLANES…. AND MEMORIES PART 1
MY FAVORITE CAR MAGAZINE, THE BRIT Classic & Sports Car offers an interesting array of cars and planes that share monikers. Sure, there are familiar ones like the Ford/North American … Continue reading
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS
NO, THIS ISN’T A TYPO. IT’S A MEANS OF POKING FUN at those thinking climate change is a “hoax.” Are you reading this, Trump? Er, no; I forgot you don’t … Continue reading
TRIPPIN’—GOOD AND BAD
AS ANY HONEST GUIDEBOOK WILL TELL YOU, some things go fine on trips; others do not. In perusing Chronicle of Flight, I collected shorter tales for “Aviation 100 Years Ago,” … Continue reading
SPEAKING IDIOMATICALLY
I’VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE NEW DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY. Who, after all, wouldn’t want to be culturally literate? Yet there’s a challenge to admit full knowledge … Continue reading
AVIATION—100 YEARS AGO
AWHILE BACK, I BEGAN A CELEBRATION OF aviation’s Golden Age starting in the Roaring Twenties. See “Chronicle of Aviation,” SimanaitisSays, April 25, 2021; and “Aviation Highlights—A Century Ago,” April 5, … Continue reading
