When word first came out earlier this year that the Transformers toy line/cartoon show/comic series was getting turned into a movie, I frankly could....More
"No worries." I can't tell you how many times my young friend-- 21 years my junior to be exact-- said that to me over the past three-and- a- half....More
When Teddy Roosevelt wanted to project the United States as an emerging world power a hundred years ago, he sent 16 new battleships-- all painted....More
Responding to yesterday's post on the safety work being done at IMMI, Jim McNamara, PR honcho at Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA), pointed me to a....More
When you're a real dummy, no ever has to explain things to you like you're a six year old. You just get it-- just like the unbelted crash-test dummy....More
This morning's big news that DaimlerChrysler is shedding its worrisome American operation-- the once and now again Chrysler Corp. -- comes as no....More
Who doesn't at least weigh a bit more heavily those household appliances-- we're talking refrigerators and other energy hogs here-- adorned with the....More
No one who knows me would mistake me for a motor-head. I am way too "mechanically challenged" to ever get that moniker bestowed on me. But, hey, I....More
Last week's umpteenth annual Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville drew plenty of crowds despite an early Kentucky spring trying to bust out-- and....More
Welcome to "Reading Between the Lines," or to be brief, "Between the Lines" or, briefer still, "BTL" works for me. What you'll find here are my....More
Amid all the insanity surrounding this year's early switch-over to Daylight Savings Time, we heard about the direct impact of another sort of time....More
Baseball has its World Series and the basketball powerhouses have their March Madness but trucking's big show is four days on the cusp of Spring at....More
"Excuse me while I kiss the sky..." Excuse me but all the hybrid engine talk-- not to mention the actual trucks powered by hybrid engines that were....More