Tory Party Loses UK Election So Badly Ex-PM Doesn’t Even Have a Seat

This is the huge buried election news lede, if you ask me: The Tories won the smallest number of seats since the Tory Party came into being in 1832, a truly staggering failure to drum up enthusiasm for any more Conservative rule. They hold just 121 seats, having lost 252 since the last general election, … Continue reading Tory Party Loses UK Election So Badly Ex-PM Doesn’t Even Have a Seat

Transit Revolutionary: How Morrell Foreshadowed Elon Musk

Tesla is named after the wrong guy. Its CEO clearly sounds just like the infamous Morrell. About a year after opening up shop, federal investigators came banging on Morrell’s door in February 1908 to arrest him for using the U.S. mail to defraud; after being tipped off by disgruntled investors, investigators determined Morrell was running … Continue reading Transit Revolutionary: How Morrell Foreshadowed Elon Musk