Wheaton College caught in dustup over alumnus Russell Vought, Project 2025 architect (RNS) — The evangelical college posted, then deleted, a message celebrating Vought’s confirmation as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The post Wheaton College caught in dustup over alumnus Russell Vought, Project 2025 architect appeared first on RNS.

GRAMMY-winner Jonathan McReynolds shares lessons in wins and losses in new book HarperCollins Christian Publishing The post GRAMMY-winner Jonathan McReynolds shares lessons in wins and losses in new book appeared first on RNS.

America’s Firefighting History Is Restored And Celebrated In This Unassuming Barn We might disagree on which supercar is the prettiest, what hatch is the hottest or what racing livery is the most iconic, but I’m sure there’s one automotive opinion that we can all agree on: fire trucks are cool. Whether they’re electric ones, enormous American engines or ones that fly, fire trucks are pretty amazing… Read more…

Traffic Lights No Match For Drunk Eagles Fans After Super Bowl Win Nothing matches the communal ecstasy of your local sports team winning a league championship, and very few cities can beat the unrestrained glee of Philadephia. Eagles fans took to the streets on Sunday night as their team smashed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. With downed light poles, mounted garbage… Read more…

Zoinks Scoob! There’s A Volkswagen ID Buzz Mystery Machine For Sale The best part about Volkswagen’s ID Buzz is its retro styling. From the brightly colored two-tone paint jobs to its front fascia and overall design inspired by the original Type 2 Bus, it looks great and unlike anything else on the road. If you really want to stand out, though, and think the Buzz could lean even… Read more…

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Glen Powell’s Super Bowl Ram Volcano Jump Actually Looks Possible For last night’s big Super Bowl ad, Stellantis brought out famed red Ram driver and general favorite Jalopnik movie star Glen Powell to drive a jump a volcano in a Ram RHO. After recalling the last time I did the math on a Ram jump, it made me wonder — could this jump actually be possible? As it turns out, yes it is.… Read more…

Fox Spent More Advertising IndyCar During The Superbowl Than It Did To Buy The Broadcast Rights Fox took a reported $34 million gamble on running IndyCar ads during Sunday’s big game featuring series drivers Alex Palou, Patricio O’Ward, and Josef Newgarden. In total the series was featured for one 15 second ad, four 30 second ads, and two 45 second ads on game day, with three getting play during the Super Bowl… Read more…

Cars Look Better When They’re Dirty Living in the Northeast U.S. means the car you’re driving is perpetually dirty for about a third of the year because of rock salt, dirt on the roads and other pieces of grime picked up during the winter months. For a big chunk of the year, our cars are very dirty. Most people would tell you that that is a bad thing,… Read more…

Boom Promises ‘Boomless’ Supersonic Flights With Debut Airliner Boom Supersonic might have snatched aviation’s holy grail after announcing on Monday that its XB-1 test plane had completed its maiden supersonic flight two weeks ago without producing a sonic boom audible on the ground. The dreaded boom smothered early commercial supersonic flight in the crib. The FAA’s 1973 ban on… Read more…

Diane Ravitch’s Blog: Tom Ultican: Denver Charter School Study Is Shoddy Research Diane Ravitch’s Blog: Tom Ultican: Denver Charter School Study Is Shoddy Research Tom Ultican is a retired teacher of advanced mathematics and physics. Before joining the teaching profession, he worked in the corporate sector. He writes here about a shoddy piece of research on charter schools in Denver. Ultican writes: Another educ…

Money, Lies, and God: Katherine Stewart Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy  This week, author and journalist Katherine Stewart joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the rise of Christian Nationalism, Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, and the weaponization of faith for political gain. Together, they dive into the current political climate, the deep divisions within American society, and how knowledge a…

Automakers Want To Make Cheap Cars For Us Poors, Everyone Wants A Four-Door Suzuki Jimny And More Musk In This Week’s News Roundup Automakers may have finally realized that we’re all out of money, so they’re now apparently planning on bringing back cheaper cars. The plan is to do this through lower-end trims, value-focused special editions and even reviving cheap dead vehicles from their pasts. It’s welcome news for folks who see the average… Read more…

Electric Cars Aren’t Greener Until 25,000 Miles, A Brave Soul Uses A Fisker Ocean As A NY Taxi And Honda And Nissan Won’t Go Steady After All In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup Not long ago, virtually every single new car was sold with a spare tire, a jack and a small tool kit to allow owners to swap out a flat tire for the spare on the side of the road. That has changed over recent years, with many carmakers dropping the standard spare tire to cut costs and reduce vehicle weight to aid fuel… Read more…

Affordable Hyundai Ioniq 6s, Mercedes Discounts Its EVs By $15,000 And A 911 Carcass In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup When we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6, we didn’t find it particularly sporty, but if you’re just looking for a comfortable daily driver, it’s fantastic. That said, there are two notable downsides — the styling is incredibly divisive, and it can get expensive fast. It starts just under $39,000 including destination,… Read more…

Starship Explosion Cleaned Up By Islanders, Trump Traffic Screws Up Palm Beach Airport And China Makes Jet Fuel In Space In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup A Space X test flight went spectacularly wrong last month when the Starship craft exploded in the skies above the Caribbean. The explosion littered the sky with debris and looked fresh from a Michael Bay film, but the fallout has been less glamorous for the residents of one tropical island nation who have been left cle… Read more…

Turning A Supersport Motorcycle Into A Penny Farthing Is A Gloriously Dumb Idea When humanity developed the motorcycle — its greatest achievement to date — it did so on the back of innovation that came before. The first motorcycle incorporated what we’d already learned from bicycles, which meant we never had the opportunity to make the same design mistakes as other two-wheelers. We never got a pen… Read more…

Chrysler Made The Hardest Super Bowl Car Commercial Of All Time For The (Checks Notes) 200 Sedan The Super Bowl has long been a showcase for automakers looking to show off their latest vehicles or give a new direction for their brand. Car companies will usually pull out all the stops with high-budget, high-concept advertisements with star-studded casts. It’s not exactly an uncommon practice, but one commercial… Read more…

Future Classic, Body-On-Frame SUVs And Vintage Car EV Swaps In This Week’s QOTD Roundup Car prices are getting intense right now, with new car prices increasing as a result of new tariffs and second-hand cars booming thanks to collectors with more money than sense. If you wanted to make the most of those millionaires spending increasingly large amounts of cash on old cars, what kind of model do you think… Read more…

‘He Gets Us’ ads return to Super Bowl LIX — a little less political after 2024 backlash (RNS) — The campaign returns as a big advertiser during Sunday’s big game. The post ‘He Gets Us’ ads return to Super Bowl LIX — a little less political after 2024 backlash appeared first on RNS.