A Curse upon the Automobile!

What’s New in Old News, Episode I

Carriage of Satan — Ford Model T. Library of Congress.

Grind them into iron filings! America’s infatuation with the automobile wasted money, warped the young, and threatened the nation’s existence.

A pox upon those cars! Carriages of Satan!

The country’s obsession with the automobile posed an existential threat, Chancellor James Day warned Syracuse University’s…