AZ AGW Molester Released – and Molests Again
An armed government worker - Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detective Christopher Michael Butts - was caught trying to have sex with a 13-year-old. After he was arrested for luring a minor...
Renewable Food
Along with others who see the writing on the wall - and the prices at the store - I've been taking steps to make sure I have renewable food on hand.
An...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer/KMED 5/22/19
Here's the audio of yesterday's Bill Meyer Show out in Oregon; Bill has asked me to be a regular guest - officially! - beginning next Wednesday at 9:35 eastern.
The message is...
The End Has a Date
The story goes that when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river with his legions and headed into Rome - something forbidden by the Republic - it signaled the end of the...
Dodge and Pontiac . . .
Once upon a time, GM had a division called Pontiac and - for a long time - it was one of GM's most successful divisions. There was a reason why. It...
Strategic Debt?
Normally, it is wise to live not just within but below your means. To try to spend less than you earn, in order to be able to save.
In order to be...
And Now Cummins. . .
It takes a lot for a major car company or engine manufacturer to deliberately circumvent a regulatory fatwa. As policy. Not a "rogue engineer." The entire engineering department; the upstairs bosses... everyone...
“Good Ideas” . . . and Maybe Not So Much
It would be idiotic to argue that the dual reservoir master cylinder is a bad idea; that it was better to have a simpler, single reservoir master cylinder - as most...
New vs. New
How much would you pay for a heavy-duty (2500 series) pick-up with a 7.5 liter V8, AC, an eight foot bed and no air bags?
How about $17,000-ish?
That’s what it cost to...
Better to Stay – or Go?
Almost twenty years ago, I did what many people have done and moved from a high-tax/high-tyranny area (Northern Virginia) to a low-tax/lower-tyranny area (rural SW Virginia).
The new place was still in...