The Unintended Consequences of ASS
The Japanese make Bonsai miniature trees by stunting real ones. In this case, the result of altering the natural course of things is pretty.
When...
No More Horsepower For You!
Well, GM has decided it's time to stop touting horsepower and displacement - it's so internal combustion.
Instead, Cadillac will tout Newton meters - the...
How Elon Takes Money
Give Elon credit: He knows how to take money.
Not make it. That’s the result of honest, honorable work and the free exchange of value...
Casualties of Saaaaaafety
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety has cost us a lot - and not just money.
It has sucked almost all of the the fun out of driving - especially...
Property Taxes and Slavery
A reader questioned my objection to property taxes; here's my response:
Jason asks: I understand what you say about property taxes being a rent to...
Consent – or Else
If a man walks up to a woman and places his hands on her body without her permission - her consent - it is...
Sleeping is Now a Crime
It's become one of those self-evident truths Massa Tom once wrote about to state that government has become overtly punitive - as opposed to...
Cash for Clunkers Returns
Bad ideas set bad precedents - the thing usually gets done again, or gets expanded on. So it’s no big surprise that Colorado has...
Update on the Glendale Sadist
The local media in Glendale, AZ is doing a capital job reporting on the story of the AGW who brutalized the passenger in a...
No Speeding for You!
The inevitable has happened.
Volvo just announced that it will limit the top speed of all its new cars to 112 MPH, beginning with the...