LESHER TEAL
ED LESHER was a can-do kind of guy. A professor of aeronautical engineering, he used breaks in his academic career to perform design work at Douglas, Stinson and Convair Aircraft. … Continue reading
LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE—OR DID SHE?
ONE OF the most notorious crimes in American history has never been completely resolved. It has, however, given rise to a skipping-rope rhyme, a folk legend, a bevy of books, … Continue reading
FRANZ KAFKA AND THE BRESCIA AIR SHOW
FRANZ KAFKA is recognized as one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century—and certainly one of the more complex. He’s rarely thought of as a travel writer, and … Continue reading
HUDSON HORNET—NASCAR CHAMP, MOVIE STAR, GOODING AUCTION OFFERING
HERE’S A car that ruled early NASCAR the way Ferrari dominated F1 during the Schumacher era. A car decades ahead of its time, to the extent that sales were hampered. … Continue reading
NANCY DREW—THE GIRL
GIVEN THAT, to Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler was the woman, it would follow that, to generations of young women, Nancy Drew was (and continues to be) the girl. Since her debut … Continue reading
F-SERIES: FIRST TO ALUMINUM
LET’S CELEBRATE one of the most successful vehicles in the world, the Ford F-Series pickup. The timing seems right: At the recent North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the … Continue reading
WILL THE REAL REALITY PLEASE STAND OUT
A HEADLINE in The New York Times, February 16, 2014, read “Is the Universe a Simulation?” (See http://goo.gl/E9FZgw.) This provocative question aroused my interest all the more because it was … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR AUTO ENGINEERS!
AUTOMOBILE BUYERS want it all—and enthusiasts want even more. Performance galore, gizmos galore, glitz galore. And then there are conflicting government regulations requiring added safety features combined with increasingly stringent … Continue reading
MECHA-MAN, DOKTOR DARKNESS—AND YOU!
HERE’S YOUR chance to choose between Good and Evil—and to promote science along the way. Scientists at Britain’s University of Central Lancashire and a pair of professional comic book artists … Continue reading
CELEBRATING EUGENE BULLARD
THERE WERE two black pilots in World War I, both grandchildren of slaves, one on each side of the conflict. Ahmet Ali (Çelikten), of Somali Rumanian descent, served in the … Continue reading
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