Cypher’s Choice
In the original Matrix movie, there's a character named Cypher who decides that life is more comfortable for him within the confines of the...
Clover Conditioning
It is not enough that we break the heretic. We must make him one of us. Words to that effect, as spoken by the...
Recovering Our Rights: A Place to Start
America didn't become a continental penal colony overnight. It happened step by step, over a period of many years. It'd be wonderful if we...
The Love Affair May Be Over…
Americans' love affair with the car may be headed for divorce court. The Pew Research Center did a study recently that says the number...
“Your” Car Won’t Be Beginning in 2015
After a certain point, it's not paranoia.
The latest brick in the wall is the predictably named "Moving Ahead For Progress in the 21st...
The Disappearing Passing Zone
The incidental annoyances that make life in this increasingly less free society less and less enjoyable continue to expand and multiply. The disappearance of...
Road Clovers
Charles Darwin categorized the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. My job is to provide a taxonomy of Cloveris Americanus - the various...
DMV “points” for non-moving violations?
Many drivers are unaware that state DMVs now assign "points" for more than just moving violations.
In Virginia and Maryland, for example one can get...