Gene Seymour is a critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter @GeneSeymour . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN) Here's what you are not going to get in a major address from President Joseph Biden: textured rhetoric woven with references to the classics; eloquent, poetic phraseology ringing like heavenly music and leaving its listeners with echoes of Shakespeare, Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. CNN Digital Expansion 2015 Gene Seymour Here's what you are going to get in a major address from Biden: a torrent of phrases, some of them carefully clipped like a neighbor's hedge, most of them rolling and gushing like a river, all of them aimed not at the gut in the manner of his immediate predecessor, but directly towards the heart, whether to soothe or to rouse, keeping at … [Read more...] about Joe Biden delivered the Chauvin verdict speech America needed
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Eddie Van Halen’s 1934 Ford is red hot and up for auction
close Video Fox News Autos test drive: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is the automaker's first purpose-built electric car and a very different kind of pony. Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu reports. A custom 1934 Ford Sedan is the latest piece of Eddie Van Halen memorabilia to come up for auction since the guitar legend's death last October . (Gotta Have it Rock and Roll) The chop-top four-door is currently up for grabs on the Gotta Have It Rock And Roll online auction site. Van Halen purchased the car in 1991, but wasn't the latest owner. He sold it several years ago and it recently traded hands again at a Barrett-Jackson auction in 2017 for $88,000. (Gotta Have it Rock and Roll) The red hot rod is powered by a supercharged 350 cubic-inch Chevy V8 mounted in a painted engine bay and features an updated four-speed Hydramatic automatic transmission, fully independent suspension, power … [Read more...] about Eddie Van Halen’s 1934 Ford is red hot and up for auction
Europe lines up more shots, hoping to beat back virus surge
close Video Was Pausing Johnson & Johnson's Covid Vaccine a Good Idea? Paul Gigot interviews Dr. Marty Makary. BERLIN (AP) – Slow out of the gate, the European Union has ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, with the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot product this week adding to the momentum amid doggedly high infection rates on the continent. The EU's vaccine drive still lags far behind that of Britain or the United States. Only about 1 in 5 of the bloc’s 450 million inhabitants have received their first shot — approximately half the U.S. share. But European officials say they have turned the corner. "In the first quarter of 2021 only 10% of Germans were able to receive a first vaccination due to the shortage of vaccine," German Health Minister Jens Spahn said this week. "We achieved the next 10% in just three weeks." France celebrated several vaccine milestones recently, including dispensing at least one dose … [Read more...] about Europe lines up more shots, hoping to beat back virus surge