Peter Norton
@norton.bsky.social
Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
“We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement – just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters.”
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November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement – just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters.”
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United States v. Keenan (1969) is standing law.
Judge Robert E. Quinn ruled for the unanimous US Court of Military Appeals, together with judges Homer Ferguson and William Darden.
Here the judges quote the appealed ruling of a board of review to concur with its assessment.
Judge Robert E. Quinn ruled for the unanimous US Court of Military Appeals, together with judges Homer Ferguson and William Darden.
Here the judges quote the appealed ruling of a board of review to concur with its assessment.
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
United States v. Keenan (1969) is standing law.
Judge Robert E. Quinn ruled for the unanimous US Court of Military Appeals, together with judges Homer Ferguson and William Darden.
Here the judges quote the appealed ruling of a board of review to concur with its assessment.
Judge Robert E. Quinn ruled for the unanimous US Court of Military Appeals, together with judges Homer Ferguson and William Darden.
Here the judges quote the appealed ruling of a board of review to concur with its assessment.
Rising costs inundate fixed fares.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Rising costs inundate fixed fares.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
Walkability is leverage.
A member of Buffalo’s Nickel or Walk Club weighs in.
In 1920 the International Railway Company, which operated Buffalo’s street railways, raised its fare from 5 cents to 7.
A member of Buffalo’s Nickel or Walk Club weighs in.
In 1920 the International Railway Company, which operated Buffalo’s street railways, raised its fare from 5 cents to 7.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Walkability is leverage.
A member of Buffalo’s Nickel or Walk Club weighs in.
In 1920 the International Railway Company, which operated Buffalo’s street railways, raised its fare from 5 cents to 7.
A member of Buffalo’s Nickel or Walk Club weighs in.
In 1920 the International Railway Company, which operated Buffalo’s street railways, raised its fare from 5 cents to 7.
The shrinking nickel.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The shrinking nickel.
To walk or not to walk?
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
To walk or not to walk?
In 1920 Buffalo’s International Railway Company, then managed by the Mitten Management Company of Philadelphia, raised streetcar fare from five cents to seven cents. Many Buffalonians resented the increase and blamed the management company. ...
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In 1920 Buffalo’s International Railway Company, then managed by the Mitten Management Company of Philadelphia, raised streetcar fare from five cents to seven cents. Many Buffalonians resented the increase and blamed the management company. ...
As costs rose, the nickel fare faced an ever-steeper slope.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As costs rose, the nickel fare faced an ever-steeper slope.
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York City.
Meet John F. Hylan, champion of the five-cent fare and New York’s mayor from 1918 to 1925.
His opponents called him “Red Mike.”
Meet John F. Hylan, champion of the five-cent fare and New York’s mayor from 1918 to 1925.
His opponents called him “Red Mike.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York City.
Meet John F. Hylan, champion of the five-cent fare and New York’s mayor from 1918 to 1925.
His opponents called him “Red Mike.”
Meet John F. Hylan, champion of the five-cent fare and New York’s mayor from 1918 to 1925.
His opponents called him “Red Mike.”
The forgotten sit-in of 1906:
Citing a judge’s opinion, a carload of Brooklynites questioned the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s right to charge a second 5-cent fare. When the conductor insisted, they refused to pay. ...
Citing a judge’s opinion, a carload of Brooklynites questioned the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s right to charge a second 5-cent fare. When the conductor insisted, they refused to pay. ...
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The forgotten sit-in of 1906:
Citing a judge’s opinion, a carload of Brooklynites questioned the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s right to charge a second 5-cent fare. When the conductor insisted, they refused to pay. ...
Citing a judge’s opinion, a carload of Brooklynites questioned the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s right to charge a second 5-cent fare. When the conductor insisted, they refused to pay. ...
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York.
Brooklyn, 1906: A judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge riders a second 5-cent fare for passage to Coney Island. The BRT disagreed. ...
Brooklyn, 1906: A judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge riders a second 5-cent fare for passage to Coney Island. The BRT disagreed. ...
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York.
Brooklyn, 1906: A judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge riders a second 5-cent fare for passage to Coney Island. The BRT disagreed. ...
Brooklyn, 1906: A judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge riders a second 5-cent fare for passage to Coney Island. The BRT disagreed. ...
“Given the contradictory statements, someone is obviously not telling the truth.”
Since his forced resignation of June 27, James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia from 2018 to 2025, has observed a diplomatic silence. ...
Since his forced resignation of June 27, James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia from 2018 to 2025, has observed a diplomatic silence. ...
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Given the contradictory statements, someone is obviously not telling the truth.”
Since his forced resignation of June 27, James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia from 2018 to 2025, has observed a diplomatic silence. ...
Since his forced resignation of June 27, James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia from 2018 to 2025, has observed a diplomatic silence. ...
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York.
In 1906, when a judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge passengers a second 5-cent fare to reach Coney Island, passengers refused to pay it. ...
In 1906, when a judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge passengers a second 5-cent fare to reach Coney Island, passengers refused to pay it. ...
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Affordable public transportation is not a new issue in New York.
In 1906, when a judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge passengers a second 5-cent fare to reach Coney Island, passengers refused to pay it. ...
In 1906, when a judge said the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company could not charge passengers a second 5-cent fare to reach Coney Island, passengers refused to pay it. ...
“Rosie Zeits, five years old, who was riding to Coney Island to join her mother and sisters, and had only five cents to pay her fare, was asked for the extra nickel by the conductor of the car. She began to cry and said she had no more money. ... ”
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Rosie Zeits, five years old, who was riding to Coney Island to join her mother and sisters, and had only five cents to pay her fare, was asked for the extra nickel by the conductor of the car. She began to cry and said she had no more money. ... ”
Lillian Wald on the right to (get out of) the city:
“Ten cents for a ride to Coney Island practically closes that resort to the families I have in mind.”
Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and was a founding member of the NAACP. She was a suffragist and a pioneer of public health nursing.
“Ten cents for a ride to Coney Island practically closes that resort to the families I have in mind.”
Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and was a founding member of the NAACP. She was a suffragist and a pioneer of public health nursing.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Lillian Wald on the right to (get out of) the city:
“Ten cents for a ride to Coney Island practically closes that resort to the families I have in mind.”
Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and was a founding member of the NAACP. She was a suffragist and a pioneer of public health nursing.
“Ten cents for a ride to Coney Island practically closes that resort to the families I have in mind.”
Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and was a founding member of the NAACP. She was a suffragist and a pioneer of public health nursing.
Reposted by Peter Norton
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 🚀
Today, we’re excited to reveal the 2nd annual edition of The Zag List, doubling our spotlight to 100 trailblazers driving the global shift toward cleaner, safer and more connected mobility worldwide.
See the Zag100 here: zagdaily.com/featured/the...
Today, we’re excited to reveal the 2nd annual edition of The Zag List, doubling our spotlight to 100 trailblazers driving the global shift toward cleaner, safer and more connected mobility worldwide.
See the Zag100 here: zagdaily.com/featured/the...
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 🚀
Today, we’re excited to reveal the 2nd annual edition of The Zag List, doubling our spotlight to 100 trailblazers driving the global shift toward cleaner, safer and more connected mobility worldwide.
See the Zag100 here: zagdaily.com/featured/the...
Today, we’re excited to reveal the 2nd annual edition of The Zag List, doubling our spotlight to 100 trailblazers driving the global shift toward cleaner, safer and more connected mobility worldwide.
See the Zag100 here: zagdaily.com/featured/the...
The New York Evening World’s reply to Henri Lefebvre, six decades in advance:
The right to the city includes the right to get out of the city.
Here the World condemns the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for demanding two five-cent fares for service to Coney Island.
The right to the city includes the right to get out of the city.
Here the World condemns the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for demanding two five-cent fares for service to Coney Island.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The New York Evening World’s reply to Henri Lefebvre, six decades in advance:
The right to the city includes the right to get out of the city.
Here the World condemns the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for demanding two five-cent fares for service to Coney Island.
The right to the city includes the right to get out of the city.
Here the World condemns the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for demanding two five-cent fares for service to Coney Island.
La « vérité » d’une question sociale et scientifique ... se construit de façon plurielle. La sécurité routière n’y échappe en rien et emblématise même ce processus multifactoriel de construction de savoir.
— Mathieu Flonneau
— Mathieu Flonneau
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
La « vérité » d’une question sociale et scientifique ... se construit de façon plurielle. La sécurité routière n’y échappe en rien et emblématise même ce processus multifactoriel de construction de savoir.
— Mathieu Flonneau
— Mathieu Flonneau
In other forms, demands for fare-free public transit have a long history. In New York their ancestor is the demand for the fixed, five-cent fare. In 1900, when the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company began charging a second nickel to passengers going to Coney Island, many New Yorkers objected.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In other forms, demands for fare-free public transit have a long history. In New York their ancestor is the demand for the fixed, five-cent fare. In 1900, when the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company began charging a second nickel to passengers going to Coney Island, many New Yorkers objected.
100 years ago, John F. Hylan was mayor of New York.
Mayor Hylan was the Zohran Mamdani of 1925.
Mayor Hylan was the Zohran Mamdani of 1925.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
100 years ago, John F. Hylan was mayor of New York.
Mayor Hylan was the Zohran Mamdani of 1925.
Mayor Hylan was the Zohran Mamdani of 1925.
History is not for cowards.
Even at 17, Sophie Kloppenburg knows that in history, denial is dishonesty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47W...
Even at 17, Sophie Kloppenburg knows that in history, denial is dishonesty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47W...
"It's unacceptable to just forget"
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November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
History is not for cowards.
Even at 17, Sophie Kloppenburg knows that in history, denial is dishonesty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47W...
Even at 17, Sophie Kloppenburg knows that in history, denial is dishonesty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47W...
Be more careful than I was, Virginians. I need to vote early. I typed "voting early in albemarle county" into the search box. The top link read "Vote Early - Find Your Polling Place Today - Check Polling Locations." I clicked it and started entering my information. Only then did this box appear.
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Be more careful than I was, Virginians. I need to vote early. I typed "voting early in albemarle county" into the search box. The top link read "Vote Early - Find Your Polling Place Today - Check Polling Locations." I clicked it and started entering my information. Only then did this box appear.
This is not patriotism. This is not conservatism. This is not sanity.
DT and all his apologists disgrace themselves and disgrace the United States.
DT and all his apologists disgrace themselves and disgrace the United States.
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is not patriotism. This is not conservatism. This is not sanity.
DT and all his apologists disgrace themselves and disgrace the United States.
DT and all his apologists disgrace themselves and disgrace the United States.
Reposted by Peter Norton
As DT plays king, stuffing the Oval Office with gold bric-à-brac and planning a $200 million White House ballroom, it’s worth remembering the consternation Nancy Reagan faced for spending $200,000 in donated money for new White House china.
Paul Conrad in the Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1981.
Paul Conrad in the Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1981.
August 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As DT plays king, stuffing the Oval Office with gold bric-à-brac and planning a $200 million White House ballroom, it’s worth remembering the consternation Nancy Reagan faced for spending $200,000 in donated money for new White House china.
Paul Conrad in the Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1981.
Paul Conrad in the Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1981.