Tired of the daily grandstanding by a “Crisis President” that wallows in third grade ad hominem invectives, gratuitous self congratulations, and thinly described projections of irresponsible personal dithering and fiddleing on other national and international leaders? I suggest turning off the tube and picking up a copy of A.J. Baimes’ The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, […]
Presidential Address in Time of Crisis.
Twelve score and four years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, except for migrants, women and the media. Now we are engaged in a great pandemic, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and […]
Henry Ford Broke His Promises.
One of the defining features of narcissism is the frequency of broken promises, by a person who is loyal only to himself and tends to view himself as the real “victim.” Henry Ford, the narcissist, was not a man one could trust with his word. In the immediate aftermath of World War I, Ford welched […]
Henry M. Leland founded both the Cadillac Motor Company and the Lincoln Motor Company
Henry Martyn Leland was a prominent machinest and engineer pioneer in the automobile industry. After the Civil War, Leland worked for the famous Brown and Sharp machine company in Providence, Rhode Island where he dramatically increased the productive capacity of precision metal work machines used in the construction of sewing machines. He was later the […]
JOHN AND HORACE DODGE DIED IN THE LATE STAGES OF THE SPANISH FLU IN 1920.
SETTING OUT FROM DETROIT TO NEW YORK BY LUXURY TRAIN ON A BITTERLY COLD JANUARY 2, 1920, JOHN AND HORACE DODGE EAGERLY QUAFFED A NUMBER OF GLASSES OF SMUGGLED CANADIAN WHISKEY AS THEY LOOKED FORWARD EXPECTANTLY TO THE FUN AND CAMARADERIE OF THE ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW IN MANHATTAN. LIFE WAS GOOD AND GETTING BETTER. THE […]
Why Did Henry Ford Hate the Jews?
Henry Ford actually knew and liked a number of Jews who he knew in the particular. His neighbor Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and prominent Detroit architect, Albert Kahn come to mind. His dislike ran to the abstract concept of Jews operating within the stream of commerce, particularly those engaged in investment banking and agricultural product […]
Joseph Rogers Brown and the Second Industrial Revolution
The second Industrial Revolution developed with the application of science to the process of mass production. Joseph Rogers Brown was a mechanical engineer and clock maker in Providence, Rhode Island in the mid-19th Century. He was arguably the father of the precision manufacturing machinery that allowed for the close manufacturing of metal tolerances that made […]
Were the Dodge Brothers Jewish?
Henry Ford had a fear and resentment for the Dodge brothers, Horace and John. He was superstitious about their red hair, disapproving of their rambunctious lifestyles, and embittered over their considerable contribution to the success of the Ford Motor Company. In the early days of the Company the Dodges produced most of the Ford cars, […]
What Killed the Packard Motor Car Company?
The Packard Motor Car Company closed its doors and its great manufacturing plant on East Grand River Boulevard in Detroit drew silent in 1956 after more than a century of producing high quality American automobiles. Packard was not an anomily. Over 2,700 American automobiles folded sooner or later, mostly sooner. What led to Packard’s demise? […]
Four Trials of Henry Ford to be Published October 15.
Open Books will publish The Four Trials of Henry Ford on October 15, 2019 Audio Versions Available the same day. See Utube Trailer at https://youtu.be/MuEsZHr4DMo.