Kyle Reese… and Reinhard Heydrich
In the original Terminator movie, Reese - the heroic resistance character sent to our present from a horrific future in which machines tyrannize humanity...
Creative Resistance
About two years ago, I stopped renewing the registration for several of my bikes (I have five). Basically, all the ones that aren't antiques...
Bad Boy!
When I leave my gym, there's a red light at the intersection that literally takes five minutes to change. Often, it will skip the...
Breaking Through
Lenin asked, "What is to be done?"
The question facing liberty-minded people almost 100 years later is the same. But our answer should not be...
Why Muscle Cars – The Original Ones – Still Rule
A new V-6 Mustang or Camaro gives you about 100 more hp than the V-8 in my Trans-Am put out when it left the...
85 MPH: Almost a Speed Limit
On a stretch of road near Austin, Texas there is an actual speed limit. Or at least, close to one.
You can drive up to...
On “Speeding”
The government cares about revenue - and control. It posts speed limits accordingly.
At best - that is, assuming benevolent if condescending intent - they...
The Double Yellow Prison
This country is painted over with double yellow bars - a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Or at least,...
Legal Tender… Except When It’s Not
It still says, "legal tender for all debts, public and private" - but it's becoming clear the powers-that-be would much prefer you used something...
Insurance & Racial Profiling
There is near-universal outrage when an individual is treated as a member of a group when that group is racial or ethnic in composition....