Great Wall Motor’s Flat-Eight Touring Bike Is Cool As Hell CES is a show full of wondrous electric cars and improbable autonomous vehicles, but I managed to wander through its halls and find a gas-powered motorcycle with eight whole ass cylinders. It’s the first bike from Great Wall Motor’s new Souo moto brand, the S2000, and I love it. Read more…

Bono: The most existentially American non-American (RNS) — U2 is capable of dissecting this nation — and its religion — with a rare and effective ruthlessness. The post Bono: The most existentially American non-American appeared first on RNS.

Who is Charlie Kirk, the new faith-focused enforcer of Trumpism? (RNS) — Kirk is positioning himself as not only Trump’s fiercest backer in the religious right but an enforcer of Trumpian dogma. The post Who is Charlie Kirk, the new faith-focused enforcer of Trumpism? appeared first on RNS.

Three keys to loving your neighbor in a multibelief world (RNS) — I have found that to engage the world, you have to have a soft heart, a hard head and ready hands. The post Three keys to loving your neighbor in a multibelief world appeared first on RNS.

At Turning Point USA’s AmFest, Charlie Kirk takes a victory lap for Trump election PHOENIX (RNS) — How the onetime Christian student organization convinced pastors to turn their flocks into GOP voters. The post At Turning Point USA’s AmFest, Charlie Kirk takes a victory lap for Trump election appeared first on RNS.

Tesla Full Self Driving Computer Failures Are Bricking Cars And Disabling Features The computer that enables Tesla to claim that its vehicles have “full-self driving” capability is having some pretty serious issues right now. The computers are failing, and it’s nearly bricking some owner’s Tesla’s. Read more…

2025 Ram Heavy Duty Trucks Keep The Hemi, Improve The Cummins Diesel And Jump On The Split Headlight Trend Ram unveiled official specifications for its updated 2025 heavy duty trucks Tuesday, making strides in arguably the biggest pissing contest of the automotive space. For 2025, Ram’s HD trucks bring bolder looks that were teased last year, beefed up internals for the 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel I-6 with a new… Read more…

Pope Francis’ critiques of Israel’s actions in Gaza are not misguided (RNS) — The continued bombardment of Gaza that has killed and maimed civilians almost every day since early October 2023 has long ago ceased to be a war of self-defense. The post Pope Francis’ critiques of Israel’s actions in Gaza are not misguided appeared first on RNS.

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Honda 0 Saloon Looks Extremely ‘Miami Vice,’ But Are We All Still Doing The ’80s Thing? Remember the wave of ’80s nostalgia that tore through the world a few years back? The one that gave us “Stranger Things,” a surge in synthwave, and the revived Lamborghini Countach? That wave is finally cresting, giving way to the Y2K revival, and that puts Honda’s 0 Saloon concept in a tough spot. Read more…

Honda’s 0 SUV Is A Near-Production Space Hub Crossover Way back at last year’s CES, Honda rolled out two concepts for its electric future: The Saloon, a Countach-looking wedge, and a screen-covered van called the Space Hub. Now, a year later, the Space Hub has become has evolved into something much nearer to production: A new concept called the 0 SUV. Read more…

Archbishop of Canterbury’s tenure ends after resigning over failures in handling abuse scandal LONDON (AP) — Justin Welby ’s tenure officially ends Monday, two months after he resigned following an inquiry that found he failed to tell police about serial abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it. The post Archbishop of Canterbury’s tenure ends after resigning over failures in handling abuse scandal ap…

Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop ROME (AP) — At a press conference, McElroy said he prayed the incoming administration would work to make America a better place. But he also identified Trump’s threats of mass deportations of immigrants as a point of potential conflict, saying such policies were “incompatible with Catholic doctrine.” The post Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal…

4-Time Indy 500 Winner Helio Castroneves To Give NASCAR A Try At 49-Years-Old It goes without saying that Helio Castroneves is a racing legend. Since 2001 he’s been a staple of American open-wheel racing winning racing’s greatest prize four times, and has proven himself in top-flight sports cars as well, winning the 2020 IMSA prototype championship for Team Penske. Next month he’ll get behind… Read more…

Watch Snowplow Drivers Safely End Police Chase By Blocking Highway The safest police chases are the ones that never happen. It’s far too common for pursuits to injure or kill innocent bystanders. Three snowplow drivers in Colorado decided to intervene on their own and end a police chase last week. The rolling wall of metal immediately defused the situation without anyone harmed and… Read more…

‘Smooth, Shiny’ Spheres ‘Came Right At’ NASA Astronaut Flying Over Texas You might think that the most likely place for a NASA astronaut to see an unidentified flying object would be while orbiting Earth or docking with the International Space Station, however one NASA astronaut says they came close to a UFO while flying their private plane over Texas instead. Read more…

Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: How Assessment and Data are Used to Stigmatize Children as Failing Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: How Assessment and Data are Used to Stigmatize Children as Failing School districts continue to purchase high-cost commercialized tests that depersonalize teaching, stigmatize children and schools as failing, and build public distrust. Assessment should inform educators and parents about where chil…

‘Another Critical Flaw In The Cybertruck’ Found In WhistlinDiesel’s Latest Test The Tesla Cybertruck has been caught out with all kinds of issues since it launched, like sandy beaches that stuck it in place and water that stopped it in its tracks. YouTuber WhistlinDiesel proved a bit much for the truck when he snapped its frame during a reliability test, and now the channel is back to see just… Read more…

Tell Me A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Wouldn’t Buy This House When you mostly write about cars for a living, you usually don’t get to write much about houses except to remind people that you can sleep in a car, but you can’t drive a house. Ricky Bobby’s house from Talladega Nights did sell recently, and then over the summer, we saw the most divorced condo of all time, complete… Read more…

Lexus GX Owners Report Plastic Trim Melting Like Chocolate In The Sun We like the new Lexus GX around these parts, like, a lot. It is an all-around great truck with tons of luxury and off-roady engineering. It seems, however, that some of the engineering was perhaps half-assed. Some Lexus GX owners are reporting that their brand new luxury SUVs are melting in the sun like ice cream on a… Read more…