ery now and then a good engine needs to be overhauled. Worn parts are replaced, repaired, restored, or recalibrated. The exterior is repainted, and the switches are rewired. When the job is done,...

Whenever I see Tom Cruise, I am reminded of the rapport this unevenly gifted actor enjoys with the particular segment of the audience to which I belong: "full-nosed." He deserves an Oscar on..

The manual transmission, formerly central to the definition of driving, is on the endangered species list, threatening to take another piece of our fun with it. While not quite at the level of talent....

I’m sitting in the international equivalent of a Houlihan’s, and I’m about to go back to my hotel, alone, to watch whatever’s on television. All of my life, I have waited pati....