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...
From The Head Down
America is a violent place. But I don't mean the much-discussed shootings - which are both sporadic and incidental. No, the real violence is invisible because it is all around us...
Throw Your Plate Away Day
It's too bad - for cows - that they don't have opposable thumbs. If they did, they could do something about those tags that farmers put in their ears.
Luckily, we've got...
The Oil Change Co-Pay
If using insurance to pay for everything is such a marvelous idea, why not expand the concept? How come, for example, we tolerate paying for tire rotations and oil changes out...
Time Bandits
"What's the big hurry?" - Clover's standard refrain. It is the peal of the left-lane hog, the cry of the slow-motion merger; the eructation of the guy who refuses to even...
Heroes … Not
Cops are the enemy.
A harsh - and global - statement, certainly.
But: Is it true?
Consider the nature of the job. It is to enforce the law. By definition. It is not...
Life in Hock
We live in a society driven by debt.
Cars, for example, have become hugely expensive (even on the low end) relative to what people can afford - because of the easy availability...
If Guns Are “Bad”….
If guns are bad, how come:
All high politicians - including Dear Leader and Gauleiter Bloomberg - are surrounded by heavily armed guards?
There is never a mass shooting at a police station?
There...
Barry & “People”
A former colleague of President Obama's, who worked with him at the University of Chicago, claims that Perfesser Obama once told him, "I don't believe people should be able to own...
The Golden Years
Back in the '80s, you may have had to "Drive 55" on the highway - but in other ways, things were pretty damn good. At least, a lot better in a...