Missing the Cordoba
"I know my own needs," said Ricardo Montalban. "And what I need from an automobile, I find in this new Cordoba." He went on to explain the various virtues of this...
Don’t Buy a New Car
There’s a very sound reason to not buy a new car, given the (s)election of El Presidente Biden. It is that the incoming jefe seems determined to make whatever you buy...
The Little Things that lead to Big Things
The Big Stuff - mass arrests, openly lawless government - necessarily comes after the Little Stuff. When people tolerate the Little Stuff, or lose their capacity to be outraged by it,...
The “Crime” of “Suspicion”
It used to be that you had to be suspected of a crime before armed government workers could force you to even speak with them.
Now, they can just say you're "suspicious."
This...
For-Profit Policing
You've heard of greasing the skids?
A bill introduced in the Texas legislature would do just that - giving cops credit card readers, as an adjunct to their radar detectors. Instead of...
The Temporary Reprieve
The Biden Thing and those pulling its strings wants you to think things are better - just in time for the midterms - because the cost of a gallon of gas...
Needless Escalation Over Registration “Violation”
The other day in Arlington, TX, armed government workers stopped an SUV over a trivial statutory violation - that is, a manufactured "offense" against the Authority of the state. The driver...
Untergang for GM?
Picture that scene in the bunker. The Fuhrer railing at his generals, spittle-spewing maledictions about their treachery and lies.
Cue GM CEO Mary Barra - poor woman - inside the tube towers,...
A Case of the Heavies
This is a tale of two trucks, kinda-sorta. Both not really being trucks in that while they have beds, like trucks do, neither were built on truck-type (rear-drive) layouts or have...
It Began With Nixon
What's going on right now began with Nixon.
Unloved by the people who actually run (as opposed to fronting) the federal government, Nixon was removed from office by one of them, with...