Hertz Rental Car recently announced their intentions of purchasing 100,000 Teslas for its car-rental fleet. Tesla estimated the cost of these cars was $4.2 billion. There’s no bulk-rate discount being offered by Tesla to Hertz – they don’t need it. They have “friends in high places” in Washington, D.C. who greased the deal for them: According to the Wall Street Journal: “The House …
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Bright Sheng Survived the Cultural Revolution in Communist China, Only to Re-encounter It on an American University Campus in 2021
Bright Sheng is a highly sought-after composer and music professor currently teaching at the University of Michigan. “He was born in China in 1955; when he was a child, the Red Guards took away his family piano. Nevertheless, he grew up to become a widely celebrated musician: He received a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship in 2001, and has twice been a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in …
If MNDOT Builds It, They Still Won’t Come
Under the direction of President Biden, the Federal Railroad Administration recently released a new “Midwest Regional Rail Plan” that should be classified under “science fiction” rather than a government report. This “ambitious” 40-year plan envisions a “coordinated rail network” with Chicago as the hub for this high-speed train that would run, wait for it: 24 daily trips between Chicago and …
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