You know, our military rarely ever questions itself while it lines the pockets of defense contractors, but when it comes to what they deem as the ambiguous timing of a health issue of one of their own, they'll talk themselves all the way around the world to justify denying care. My, how a leukemia d...

I have made no secrets that I find conservative columnist and pundit Cal Thomas particularly repugnant. What bothers me most about him is that conservatives pass the guy off as some kind of reasonable intellectual, and Cal, himself, often passes himself off as an elite conservative rather than the r...

What happened before the Aussie film industry found its feet? A slew of charmingly amateurish B-movies with blood, crocs, vomit and out-of-control foreign stars, finds Damon Wise Why!? What!? How!? Where!? For 100 astounding minutes the breakneck documentary Not Quite Hollywood mounts a staggering a...

Last month, Brian Doherty wrote about the Second Circuit's ruling in Maloney v. Cuomo, which held that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms does not apply against the states. Eugene Volokh speculates today on whether the Supreme Court is likely to hear Jim Maloney's appeal, given that he's ...

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Aston Martin Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lagonda Concept Comebacks are a tough racket, so when Aston Martin announced plans to revive the Lagonda nameplate, we tempered our high hopes with a fair amount of skepticism. Perha...

In 1914 the Assemblies of God was forced to formulate a basic doctrinal statement emphasizing traditional trinitarian theology in response to the so-called “New Issue.� The Jesus Only baptism movement had led directly to a denial of the ......

Filed under: Aftermarket, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs The automotive aftermarket has been hit hard in recent years, and the latest casualty of the economic downturn is Crane Cams. According to a report by the Florida News Journal, the 56-year-old manufacturer closed its doors yesterday and laid off the ...

Over at his Liquidity Preference blog, Reason.com contributor Jacob Grier brings word that Watchmen director Zack Snyder snatched the demon tobacco from the hands of character Laurie Juspeczyk, also known as the Silk Spectre: Where were Laurie's smokes, Zack? "Yeah, Alan hates smoking. Alan Hor...

Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedans/Saloons, Geneva Motor Show, Rolls-Royce Click above for a high-res gallery of the Rolls-Royce 200EX Following today's embargo debacle, Rolls-Royce has finally released the official details and images of its baby Roller, the 200EX. The name draws its inspiration from...

Historian David Beito surveys the latest presidential rankings and stands up in defense of the much-maligned Warren G. Harding: Rated by the historians in the "worst" category, by contrast, is, you guessed it, Warren G. Harding: a president who successfully promoted economic prosperity, cu...