Archive for June 2026
INSTAGRAM: The American Dream on Wheels: Cadillac Evolution (1930–2030)Forged in chrome and ambition, Cadillac IS the American dream — a century of “Standard of the World” luxury, from hand-built pre-war V-16 royalty to the electric flagships of tomorrow. Every tailfin, every vertical blade of light, tells the story of a nation reaching for more.
Witness the legend evolve:• 1930 V-16 452 — pre-war royalty• 1948 Series 62 — the first tailfins• 1959 Eldorado Biarritz — the rocket-fin icon• 1976 Eldorado — the last great convertible• 2002 Escalade — the SUV that redefined an empire• 2024 Celestiq — the electric flagship• 2030 Next-Gen — what comes next Which era of…
Read MoreINSTAGRAM: This is Megola, one of the strangest motorcycles ever built.
In early-1920s Munich, Fritz Gockerell and Hans Meixner chased a wild idea: move the engine out of the frame and put it inside the front wheel. The result was clever, compact, and unforgettable. Five cylinders lived in the wheel itself, pulling the motorcycle forward without the usual chain-driven layout. But brilliant engineering still has to…
Read MoreBritish workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity
June 5, 2026 Charlotte Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A dive into the data reveals a Progressive Activism monoculture is taking over journalistic–and other–job centres in the U.K. Ethical Systems explores. In the United Kingdom, most people don’t feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. For two-thirds of the population, talking politics sincerely,…
Read MoreINSTAGRAM: The Champion Everyone Somehow Forgot:
You know, back in 1951, if you spotted a Studebaker Champion, you couldn’t ignore it. This little independent automaker built a car that looked like it landed from the future. That famous bullet nose was inspired by aircraft design, while the wraparound Starlight rear window was so unusual people joked they couldn’t tell if the…
Read MoreINSTAGRAM: Henry Ford wanted a boat with a World War One aircraft engine under the hood. So he ordered one. Thirty-three feet of mahogany Hacker Craft with a Liberty V-12. And it raced in the 1929 Harmsworth Cup.
Not messing around: SF’s Lurie calls for emergency-level legislation and powers to address city’s drug and homelessness crisis
January 29, 2025 Image by Thomas Hawk On the job only since Jan. 8, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is proposing sweeping legislation and mayoral powers to overhaul how the city addresses the fentanyl, homelessness, and behavioral health crises on its streets. The Chron editorial board, below, supports the move. San Francisco voters made it…
Read MoreSF’s Lurie aims to make homelessness nonprofits much more accountable (2/3)
April 2, 2025 Image by Kevin Wong Countering mounting evidence that nonprofits are grifting the City by the Bay, new mayor Lurie outlines plans to demand that nonprofits receiving taxpayer largesse actually deliver. The Chron reports. At the same time, Lurie wants to revisit San Francisco harm-reduction policies with an eye toward preventing city-funded nonprofits from…
Read MoreIn which rejecting far-left shibboleths works
June 4, 2026 User:Hayden Blaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons SF’s Mayor Lurie scores a big media win on ABC’s This Week, as he distances himself from SF’s extremist, left-wing past. ABC News summarizes. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says his city is on the upswing after years of high crime, a widespread drug…
Read MoreJapan’s press freedom questioned, criticized
June 5, 2026 Alain Manesson Mallet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Claims of Japanese government pressure and manipulation of journalism persist, as the media’s dependency on access journalism and business interests have contributed to self-censorship and poor coverage of crucial public issues. David A McNeill of the University of the Sacred Heart explains in East…
Read MoreHow mainstream journalism squandered its authority
June 5, 2026 9 June 2004, Public domain, via Wikimedia If objectivity is a bourgeois notion, if language is just power all the way down, if feeling trump facts–it shouldn’t be any surprise that newsrooms on board with these notions simply pump out biased pandering. The Niskansen Institute explores the nexus of bad newspapers and…
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