2019 Ramosaurus Rex
Conan, what is best in life?
Crush enemies, see them fleeing before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Yes, indeed.
In thirty years - from 1989 to 2019 - the horsepower produced by...
Don’t Fall For This One
People are - understandably - terrified of any correspondence that looks like it's from the government since it usually means something bad and something you can’t avoid. Scammers have glommed on...
What We Own . . .
It’s interesting that the only things we can say we truly own we have no legal title to.
The clothes I am wearing, for instance. They are fully, meaningfully mine in that...
2019 Nissan Kicks
Crossover SUVs have become as popular as fireworks on the Fourth of July - which is why the cost of crossovers continues to increase.
But there is an antidote to the high...
Missing Uncle Much?
Do you miss the government much?
It’s going on a month now since the “shutdown” of “nonessential” government services began and - from what I can tell - this has only confirmed...
Fake News? How About No News?
Trump gets flak for characterizing the mainstream press as purveyors of Fake News. But what about no news at all?
Isn’t lack of coverage even worse than biased coverage?
Well, how much news...
The Unmentionable Alternative
The first reason originally given for the necessity of force-feeding electric cars to people was the supposedly imminent scarcity (and associated rising cost) of gasoline. This was en vogue back in the...
2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e
How many vehicles with all-wheel-drive average 50 miles-per-gallon?
The answer, of course, is not many. Very few manage even 35 MPG. That's best case, on the highway. Usually just barely.
Cue The Exception...
A License to Kill – an Obligation to Submit
Imagine being empowered by the state to threaten people with murderous violence over hurt feelings.
Or for pretty much any reason at all. Without having to worry much - if at all...
Automated Cars – And Dumbed Down Drivers
One of the arguments used by automated car pushers (I use the term deliberately, to convey the fact that the market isn’t asking for automated cars any more than it is...