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Car journalists aren’t supposed to be car salesmen. Or at least - if they are - they have an obligation to tell you they are.
Else you might think their reviews aren’t...
Raising the Jolly Roger
Most people don't know that the term, politically correct, has its origins in Stalin's Soviet Union. Back then, it meant more than just excommunication from the Party. It often meant excommunication...
Electric Car Putsch
It’s not just the government that’s pushing electric cars. The media is equally complicit. Both are engaged in what has to be described as nothing less than a concerted propaganda onslaught...
Adding Soap to the Bubble Bath
Washington excels at unintended consequences. A law gets passed or a regulation is imposed that’s meant to do this . . . but ends up causing that.
One example of this phenomenon is the way...
Thank God for Trump…
Trump is like a set of studded tires. They suck most of the time, but then comes a blizzard - and you are grateful.
Just so now.
If he were not jefe and...
Not So Merry Men
Robin Hood may have been a fictional character, but the thing that drove him and his “Merry Men” to become outlaws was real enough:
Oppressive laws.
Specifically, oppressive taxes.
At every turn, the Sheriff...
It Begins . . .
I expected it to happen, but not this quickly.
California officials are, apparently, "mulling" a ban on cars with internal combustion engines, according to an article in the industry trade publication, Automotive...
Clovers’ Union
The Clovers who style themselves Consumers Union - not having been elected to this status by any actual "consumers" - have decided they want the government to impose a new mandate...
Tire Tyranny
If you've gone to get new tires recently, you may have already dealt with the latest outcropping of technocratic busybodyism: The scanning of your car's electronic ear tag, its Vehicle Identification...
Little Brothers
Every new car is infested with Little Brothers - in the form of code and programming that “corrects” outright or thwarts whatever it is you wanted to do.
It goes way beyond...