HIGH ON SPEED
I HASTEN to say that this item has nothing to do with drugs. Rather, it’s on the perception of movement and its feeling of exhilaration. It’s also about bees and … Continue reading
CHEERS, PROF!
AN ITEM in a recent Science magazine, Vol. 338, 9 November 2012, had a great opening line: “Biodiversity has driven doctoral candidates from Trinity College Dublin to drink.” Having once … Continue reading
BILL DOBSON AND MR. WRIGHT
FOR MANY years, the talented artist Bill Dobson (1935-2011) did the side view drawings—little gems of automotive art—for Road & Track road tests. Bill was also a world-recognized authority on … Continue reading
BRITAIN INVADED!
A CAR book can offer most marvelous tales having nothing to do with cars. And so it is with Bentley Motors On The Road, an assemblage of the owners’ magazines … Continue reading
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
THE U.S. Department of Labor has provided us all with an entertaining and thought-provoking gizmo at http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm. As its name suggests, the CPI Inflation Calculator uses the Consumer Price Index and … Continue reading
ARE THERE OPERA DIVOS?
HOW HAVE I waited this long to write about opera? Wife Dottie introduced me to its joys—and madness—quite a few years ago, and I’ve never looked back. For neophytes, let … Continue reading
LEO’S ART
THE ART of Leo Bestgen enriched the pages of Road & Track for four decades. His illustrations entertained readers of R&T columns ranging from “Miscellaneous Ramblings” through “Side Glances” to … Continue reading
MARIA MONTESSORI
TO SOME, the word “Montessori” conjures up an image of unruly kids being taught frou-frou things by means of artsy pedagogy. But nothing could be further from the truth—or the … Continue reading
BERTIE
BEING THE Anglophile that I am, I enjoy my biweekly London Review of Books. Worth sharing here are details of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII, reviewed by Bee Wilson … Continue reading
CONCENTRATION
AYRTON SENNA was, to my mind, the most cerebral race driver of all time. And in a hot, crowded pressroom at the Japanese Grand Prix, October 1989, he proved this … Continue reading
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