Going Without
People think it’s crazy to go without health insurance - not that it’s any of their business. But they think it is their business - and so we have Obamacare and...
They See Five Fingers Now…
After Winston had been taught to love Big Brother, you could find him sipping Victory Gin at the Chestnut Tree Cafe.
VW’s “cheating” diesels - now approved by Big Brother - can...
Taxing (and Antiquing) Them Off the Road
For planned obsolescence to work, you’ve got to keep the conveyor belt rolling. And most of all, prevent anyone from getting off.
It is a problem if people “cling” to their old...
Dancing With Clovers
The other day, I bathed in the solar flare fury of a Clover affronted.
Luckily, I had my radiation suit on.
I was coming home from downtown, via a gravel road that dumps...
Brock Yates, Phone Home
The car press has become the propaganda ministry of entities and individuals who either know nothing about cars or who loathe cars.
Whichever it is, the end result is the same: The...
Why The Press is Hated . . .
The press wonders - or pretends to wonder - why it’s held in contempt by more than just a small handful of people. Maybe the pressies should read what they publish.
The other...
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...
How Come It’s Suddenly Less “Safe” Out There?
New cars are - supposedly - "safer" than ever. Right? That's what the government has been telling us.
Each new fatwa - back-up cameras, tire pressure monitors, all those air bags -...
Viva Uber!
About four months from now, Americans will go through the sickly, depressing ritual of celebrating the liberties they no longer enjoy. This includes, among an almost infinite number of things now...
The Compliance Car
There’s a new model out you may not have heard about - the compliance car.
It’s a car that, for one reason or another, almost no one is willing to buy -...