Bearings has always been an apolitical blog… but, as they say, no compendium of words can ever escape the reality of subjectivity. When I write with a particular stance on a subject, I can only hope that it’s very clear my opinion is being injected into a story. This arises quite often, despite how much […]

Imagine cutting through the Atlantic waters while admiring the bright lights strung across the dual smokestacks of an opulent ocean liner — one of the best of its time. Hundreds of stewards wait to serve you in starched white jackets and bow ties. Caviar and coho salmon up in the dining lounge. At the […]

The front wall of Stephens Meat Products in San Jose, California. This building no longer exists.
There was a time in our history in which a cut of meat, or links of sausage didn’t come from a chain supermarket. Meat wasn’t transported pre-cut, across the country, via refrigerated trains. There was a local […]