Fast Cars We Can’t Use…
In the '70s, when cars were slow, you could drive fast and mostly get away with it. Yeah, you'd get a ticket if you...
Coots on the Loose
Teen drivers have lately been in the crosshairs of ranting moms and rat-faced politicians looking for an easy issue to ride into office on....
Dem Ree-uhms
In the '80s, it was tinny electronic recordings advising you that "the door is ajar."
In the '90s, it was auto-strangulating seatbelts that assaulted you...
Dealing With Holiday Roadblocks
You can avoid being felt-up or scanned (for now) if you avoid flying, but that doesn't mean you're not subject to similarly random -...
I Guess The Terrorists Like Us Now…
I guess the terrorists like us now.
I mean, we were told after 9/11 that they attacked because they "hate us for our freedoms."
Remember that?
Well,...
Packing Heat in Your Car?
A few years ago I decided to get a concealed-carry permit so that (among other things) I can keep a loaded handgun with me...
Before There Was a TSA There Was MADD
A hallmark of a totalitarian (or at least, authoritarian) country is the legal impossibility of anonymous, unhassled travel.
"Your papers, please" was synonymous - once...
Get Rid of Mandatory Car Insurance?
A reader wrote in response to an article I did recently on the tyranny of mandatory insurance laws. He had been hit while on...
Too Many Cars . . . Not Enough Market?
As we watch the slow-motion train wreck that is the dying U.S. automotive industry, it's easy to blame the economic situation for the debacle....
The Worst Thing You Can Say in Modern America…
I don't "support the troops."
But of course it's not really the troops we're constantly pressured to express unconditional, unquestioning - even fawning - support...