This week’s best blog posts:
Kurt Garner on how we’re farther apart then ever as a nation, 17 years after 9/11. A divided country is a defeated country, he says. Read 9/11: Winning the fight, losing the war

It’s part of the Midwestern ethos: play hard and work hard to succeed. Aaron Renn wonders if it might be holding the Midwest back. He advocates we focus on winning instead. Read Playing by the Rules in Cincinnati
JP Cavanaugh came upon a 1939 Ford that has been in the same family since new, is largely original, and still gets driven occasionally. This is just the way I like my old cars! Read Curbside Classic: 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe – This One’s a Keeper
Camera reviews and experience reports:
- Minolta Super A (thegashaus)
- Ricoh XR-2 (Paul Friday)
- Canon Prima Sol (Peggy Anne)
- Ansco Automatic Reflex 3.5 (Mike Eckman)
- Olympus O-Product (Peggy Anne)
- Nikon F4 (Jeb Inge)
- Minolta Maxxum 7000 (Alex Luyckx)
Read my review of this camera here