Charge Lines
Back in the '70s, there were gas lines - caused by gas shortages. Which were caused not by a shortage of gas but by politics. The federal government annoyed the foreign...
The Cost of the Mafia
This is a follow-up to the piece the other day about "coverage" - at gunpoint. It is almost exactly what the cosa nostra - the mafia, as portrayed in movies such...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED 04/20/2023
Here's the audio of my weekly Wheels up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Oregon. We talked about the cost of coverage as well as a number of...
“Straight Up Car Bro Culture”
When you need to find someone who can figure out what's wrong with your car, what's the first thing you look for? Obviously, it's a mechanic who shares your sexual proclivities.
Because...
The Coverage Catch 22
The morality of it aside, Social Security was probably a good deal for the first two or three generations that were forced to pay into it, in the sense that most...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show: 4/18/2023
Here's the audio of my weekly talk with Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah. Apologies (again) for sounding like a 13-year-old going through puberty; the gunk is...
The Hidden Cost of “Lower Price”
It's reliable to assume the opposite is true of whatever the McCorporate Press says - whether it says "safe and effective" or "Ukraine is winning." Here's another: Electric cars are getting...
Articles of Faith
If a thing is worth doing, then it is worth doing. That seems to be a reasonable calculation. It can be expressed in terms of cost vs. benefit. When the latter...
Doin’ Right Ain’t Got No End . . .
When your business is solving problems, it's necessary to find new ones - even if they aren't really problems.
Else you might find yourself out of business.
You won't find the above credo...
The Eggplant Behind the Wheel
If you wanted to get people to fear driving - with the idea that, in time, they would no longer have any desire to drive - how best to go about...