Where Do Cops Come From?
Ever wonder how come there are men (and women) in costumes "policing" the rest of us?
Most people accept this relationship as both given - and eternal. That there have always been...
Fixing Their Wagon
People are frustrated - and want to know what they can do.
It gets old merely talking. They - our oppressors - don't care how much we talk. Perhaps then it is...
Tire Tyranny
If you've gone to get new tires recently, you may have already dealt with the latest outcropping of technocratic busybodyism: The scanning of your car's electronic ear tag, its Vehicle Identification...
Going Deep
Some friends have been actively talking about their Exit Plans - about getting out of this country before the curtain goes down. While there is still time. They believe the situation...
Why They Will Lose This Time
A reader - several readers - express their sense of hopelessness. That 1930s Germany is replaying itself out right before our eyes - and that most Americans either don't see it...
Pop Goes The Car Bubble . . . And It May Not Be a...
Almost every negative thing happening in the car business - in particular, ludicrous technical complexity for the sake of electronic gimmickry and also to cope with diminishing returns federal “safety” and...
Takata Air Bags Bad… Government Air Bags Good!
Probably the most interesting thing about the (can't help myself) exploding Takata air bag scandal is the doublethink it exposes.
On the one hand, we are told - in the literal/parental sense...
Trump Thinks Your Car’s Gas Mileage is . . .Your Business . ....
The Clovers are aghast that Trump is threatening to do the unimaginable - and stop threatening the car companies with federal fuel economy fatwas (and add-on fatwas forbidding or restricting how...
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em . . . Ban ‘Em
Since they can’t sell electric cars - not enough of them, anyhow - and not without subsidies so huge they amount to outright bribes - the solution appears to be to...
A Big Got Damned Difference
A reader - a Libertarian friend - chastises me for supporting Trump over Hillary; for supporting any candidate who isn't a principled Libertarian. I thought some of you might be interested...