The Holy Jab
The Holy Jab is upon us.
More precisely, it is about to be forced upon us. Not by law, probably - that being both harder to do and easier to challenge. Rather,...
Stopping the Spread
How do we cure Sickness Psychosis?
We don’t. But each of us can act individually- and that becomes a compounding and cumulative thing of eventually great power, in the manner of rain...
Affirmative Motors
GM used to hire engineers - and build cars. Now it counts beans - and signals virtue.
Word arrives that GM will henceforth explicitly judge applicants for employment based on how they...
It’s Not All Bad
New cars can be insufferably naggy - “assisting” when you didn’t ask for it, turning themselves off when not appropriate - as at every red light,if equipped with ASS (automated stop/start)....
2021 Lincoln Aviator
Lincoln won’t be making the Continental sedan after the end of this model year - or any cars at all, after this year.
Henceforth, all Lincolns will be SUVs - like the...
A Letter to the Warden of the Prison for the Elderly
My 84-year-old mother has been imprisoned for the past nine months. Not even family is allowed to visit - a cruelty not visited on death-row inmates. My mother didn't kill anyone...
Der Coonman’s Befiehl
Things warm up as the weather cools. In Virginia, the Coonman has just decreed a partial curfew as well as more devotional wearing of the Holy Rag, the accoutrement of the...
No Camaros for You!
In an irony probably lost on General Motors, California has banned until further notice the sale of the Chevy Camaro SS and ZL1 - the high-performance versions of the Camaro -...
Diaper Report 12/9/20
An interesting thing to report today, in view of the threat made by el Presidente (s)Elect Biden to Diaper everyone to "stop the spread."
My mom has apparently "tested positive."
Here's why this...
Battling the Gesundheitsfuhrers
In all pre-revolutionary times, the question arises: What is to be done?
It was asked in the 1770s by the people who subsequently led the American movement for secession from Great Britain...