Trump Fires Termagant
Washington just got a little less ugly.
President Trump has fired Obama's acting attorney general, Sally Yates, over her refusal to enforce the travel/immigration restrictions the new president put into place. Naturally,...
A Look Back for a Company With no Future
For the second year in a row, GM is selling nostalgia about the cars it used to make and hoping that will translate into sales of the cars it makes now.
Last...
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em . . . Sue ‘Em!
When you can’t beat ‘em in the showroom, go after ‘em in the courtroom.
General Motors says the lawsuit it filed against FiatChrysler is all about FCA supposedly graft-giving union bosses under-the-table...
At the Crossroads . . .
Nostalgia is more than just fondly remembering what was. It is a kind of lamenting what is. Sometimes, it can be both at once, as when what was and what is cross...
Remembering Our Independence
This weekend marks another 4th of July, the day marking the announcement by representatives of the American states that they were seceding from the British empire. It is impolitic to mention...
The Selectively Closed Eye of Sauron
Our sssssssssssaaaaaaaafety matters . . . but only when it suits.
No other conclusion can be drawn from the cognitive disconnect that, on the one hand, the merest assertion of potential risk...
The Despicables
One of the nuggets to be mined from the wholesale cancelling of politically unapproved speech by the Tech Oligarchs - soon to be empowered by government oligarchs, if the "kraken" doesn't...
Recycled Heroes
You may recall the Catholic Church's troubles with pedophile priests. The trouble wasn't just that some priests had an interest in little kids. It was that the Church was interested in covering...
What’s Next? Airbags for Pedestrians…
The air bag thing is about to get really out of hand.
And really, really expensive.
Apparently, it's not enough that most cars now have four (or six) air bags inside. Volvo...
Diaper Report: 8/01/22
There is good news to report. Even in "hot spots" of weaponized hypochondria - such as Los Angeles - renewed attempts to re-impose the "mandatory" wearing of "masks" are failing. Localities...