This steam-powered motorcycle runs on beer
Ky Michaelson has invented a lot over the years, from a rocket-powered toilet to a jet-powered coffee pot. But his news invention is getting a lot of buzz. This “boozer-cruiser”…
Opinion | No Playing Ostrich With Trump
WASHINGTON — My brothers Michael and Martin attended baseball’s opening day at the old Griffith Stadium in April 1951, with the Senators (as our team was then called) playing the…
Opinion | Trump’s Lesson for the Media and Ron DeSantis
Just before the South Carolina Republican primary in 2012, CNN’s John King opened a presidential debate by asking Newt Gingrich what he probably considered a tough question, about Gingrich’s ex-wife’s…
Opinion | I Know the Pressure of Being a Doctor. Motherhood Is Something Else.
It should be the easiest, most natural thing in the world. Or so it seems. But here I am, home from the hospital and my newborn daughter is struggling to…
Opinion | Trump Exists, With or Without Television Cameras
As a former executive of Fox News, I never expected to write this: CNN performed a valuable journalistic service this week by hosting a spirited town hall with Donald Trump.…
Links 5/13/2023 | naked capitalism
What made these prehistoric ‘thunder beasts’ so big? National Geographic A Mutation Turned Ants Into Parasites in One Generation Quanta Climate El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion National Weather Service…
Understanding Your Cat’s Wild Side | naked capitalism
Yves here. I hope you are one of those readers who thinks it is not possible to overdo on cat-material-as-mental-health break. YouTube has finally gotten better algos and after nearly…
Inside the Big World of Small Objects
CHICAGO — Moments before 10 a.m., a security guard thanked the crowd for being cooperative. When the clock struck the hour, it became clear why: The doors of the Marriott…
‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego
“I’m fine, but you must be freezing,” she said, as she draped a blanket over his shoulders. “It’s been raining for days.” He shrugged. “My teeth are clattering like piano…
Biden Is Talking to Howard University Students. But Does He Speak to Them?
When Ethan Hayes, a senior at Howard University, talks to his mother about politics, they don’t always see eye to eye. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Mr. Hayes was skeptical…