Sixty Years Ago Today, Glenn Gould Reinvented the Music Industry By Walking Off the Concert Stage and Never Looking Back

GM to Discontinue the Chevy Malibu, the Brand’s Last Sedan, After 60 Years

General Motors said on Wednesday that, after selling more than 10 million Chevy Ma;ibus worldwide over several decades, it would cease production of the sedan in November.
The move leaves the Corvette as the last petrol-powered Chevrolet automobile as production of the Camaro is already slated to end this year.
The General said it was taking  this step in order to make room in its Kansas City, Kansas, plant to make electric …

Colleen Barrett, Industry Pioneer and Southwest President Considered ‘the Heart and Soul’ of the Airline, Dies at 79

Colleen Barrett, an airline industry visionary who is credited with giving Southwest Airlines its heart as well as its grounding in customer service, died on May 8 at the age of 79.
Ms. Barrett served as the legal secretary to Southwest co-founder Herb Kelleher and airline president from 2001-2008, and is credited with many of the carrier’s signature strategies, many still in use today.
She started her career with Southwest Airlines in …

Auto Industry Wants AM Radio Out of Car Radios. Congress Has Other Plans.

AM radio, which is celebrating its 102nd birthday as an option for new autos this year, sure has staying power. The amplitude modulation transmissions, known both as “AM band” as well as “MW” for medium band, is widely used for spoken-word broadcasts including news, weather, sports, traffic, and emergency broadcasts.

Many people, myself included, grew up listening to our parents’ choice of radio stations while we were bouncing around in the …

Dutch Remember the War Dead, Observe Liberation from the Nazis: ‘Evil Triumphed Here, at Least for a While’

Several minutes ago, at 6 p.m. Central European time,  the people of the Netherlands observed the Dodenherdenking, the Remembrance of the Dead, with a two-minute period of silence.

“We remember all those – civilians and military – who were killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world; both during World War II and the colonial war in Indonesia, and in war situations and …

Got Milk? FDA Says Pasteurized Milk is Safe and Vaccines for Humans Could Easily Be Deployed Against H5N1

One day in 1993, Jeff Goodby of Goodby Silverstein & Partners jotted down a tagline, namely “Got milk.” Then he added a question mark. And for the next two decades, the “Got Milk?” campaign by the milk industry – along with its catchy slogan – became as ubiquitous as Nike’s declaration that athletes “Just Do It.”
The headlines of recent days have caused many to think twice about milk given the …

Great Moments in Travel History – May 2024

May, the fifth month in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars is typically the epitome of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the Southern. May Day, typically celebrated on May 1, is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival that celebrates the season. It is also a public holiday in many countries, in most cases referred to as Labour Day or International Workers’ Day, and intended to commemorate …

Should We Worry About Bird Flu in Our Milk? The Answer is No, But You Should Worry About Drinking Raw Milk

While headlines such as “Bird Flu Found in Grocery Store Milk” are meant to shock, it appears extraordinarily unlikely that a consumer of pasteurized milk would contract the virus at the present time and there is no cause for alarm, except out of an abundance of caution.
However, there is one change in milk consumption some people might want to make.
Raw milk.
Given that dangerous pathogens including E.coli and Salmonella can be …