No Dividends For You!
First, it was (cue the Soup Nazi voice) no affordable diesels for you!
Now, it's no dividends for you.
If you've invested in VW stock, it looks like you're out of luck. The...
A Randian Derides “Libertarians” Who Don’t Support Ted Cruz
My recent column, A Long, Hot summer (here) which wasn't so much a defense of Donald Trump as it was a celebration of the salutary effect Trump's candidacy is having on the irremediably...
Uncles Great and Small
The assault on VW for "cheating" Uncle is metastasizing.
The little Uncles - state governments - are piling on.
Five of them (New Jersey, Texas, New Mexico, Kentucky and West Virginia) have formally...
Another Bubble… On The Verge of Popping
Termites start low and work their way up. By the time you notice them, it's often already too late to save the place. All you can do is rebuild, start over.
This...
A Long, Hot Summer is Coming
Whatever happens, it's going to get ugly.
If Trump is nominated, there will be riots - the Perpetually (and professionally) Aggrieved will take to the streets.
If Trump is denied the nomination, there will be...
The Car Biz Goes Full Clover
Well, that didn't take long.
The car companies have decided - on their own - to install automated braking in all the cars they make by the 2022 model year, just six years...
A Hero Story….
I know a guy, a local guy, who has an older (1980s vintage) car that he bought with tinted windows. This guy is pretty poor and makes his living driving a...
A Nationwide “Safety” Inspection Mandate?
One of the most obnoxious trends lately is the leveraging of government force to pad the pockets of private businesses.
Obamacare is perhaps the most grotesque example (pssst... you don't get "free"...
No Diesels For You!
Thanks to Uncle, you can't buy a new diesel-powered Volkswagen right now - and maybe never again.
VW has suspended sales of all its 2016 models powered by TDI (Turbo Direct Injection)...
Mittens and the Media
Have you noticed that major media web sites like CNN no longer publish reader replies to their stories? Could it be that they realized the false consensus maintained by print media was...