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Thank God for Trump…

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Trump is like a set of studded tires. They suck most of the time, but then comes a blizzard - and you are grateful. Just so now. If he were not jefe and...

The Double Yellow Prison

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This country is painted over with double yellow bars - a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Or at least, very difficult. Legal passing zones - always...

SkyDiving Without a Parachute

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Given how expensive traffic tickets are, it’s amazing so many people won’t buy a good radar detector. Unlike the car you’re driving, it actually is an investment - and not just...

Rebalancing the Scales

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We are peculiarly at the mercy of police. Which goes a long way toward explaining why police are increasingly merciless. After all, they can get away with it. Physically. Financially. Legally. Consider: You...

What to Know About Going Old . . . Before You Do!

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Really old cars are becoming popular again - not so much because they are collectible but rather because they are practical. Some are capable of exceeding the highest-mileage figures posted by any...

CT Heroes SWAT Man’s Home Over Gun Tattoo

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NORRIDGEWOCK, ME — Police surrounded a man’s home with sharpshooters and armed troopers and demanded his surrender through a megaphone after someone saw a tattoo of a gun on his stomach. Michael...

Redcoats

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Abuse people and they tend to get angry. Abuse them long enough - without repercussions - and the anger eventually explodes. It is an old lesson, often forgotten. And which must, therefore,...

The Mantra

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Sun Tzu counseled that it is madness - because pointless - to directly confront a superior foe. A costumed goon with a badge and a gun, for instance. You will lose...

What Killed Chrysler?

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The news may come today - but it won’t be a surprise: Chrysler’s going the way of Plymouth. Maybe Dodge, too. They are not right for the times and it would...
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