Skeptic Christopher Hitchens on a Dahon folding bike. He’s riding with his feet off of the pedals to protest New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law §1232, which says “feet must be on pedals” when riding a bike. I’d normally write “R.I.P.,” but that would be kind of against everything he believed in.
From one of Andy Rooney’s observations on newspaper headlines: Look at this headline: CRACKDOWN ON TOY SAFETY RULES PROVES NO FUN FOR TOY MAKERS A page one story in the New York Times says toy makers are in big trouble because the government is cracking down on toys that are not safe. I’ve forgotten a read more
Tom Milton, the man behind Selle An-Atomica saddles, passed Saturday afternoon of an apparent heart attack during the Devil Mountain Double Century. Milton was 56 years old.
Former Interior Secretary and “Defender of Wilderness” Stewart Udall passed at age 90 on March 20. Udall served as Secretary of the Interior for eight years under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He pushed for the Clean Air, Water Quality, and Clean Water Restoration Acts and Amendments, the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Endangered Species Preservation read more
