There Will be More
Violence is, unfortunately, fungible.
As this society becomes more and more officially violent, it is probable that unofficial violence will also increase. In fact, it is almost a mathematical axiom. It is...
Pop Goes The Car Bubble . . . And It May Not Be a...
Almost every negative thing happening in the car business - in particular, ludicrous technical complexity for the sake of electronic gimmickry and also to cope with diminishing returns federal “safety” and...
Another Gentle “Nudge” . . .
Whatever their failings, machines generally don’t second-guess you. Turn them on, turn them off. Point them in a certain direction. Command them to move or spin or do whatever it is...
Theocracy Advances in Utah… And Soon Near You, Too
The slippery slope argument gets mocked a lot - but here’s another case that proves the point:
Utah has just done what thinking brains knew was inevitably coming. The state government has...
The Black and Blue Bill
Naturally, the solution to the problem of police abusing their authority is to hold them less accountable when they do exactly that.
Leave it to “law and order” Republicans such as Texas...
Nothing Runs You Like a Deere. . .
How long before they bring back prima nocta?
It’s a serious question.
Other aspects of feudalism have been part of everyday life for so long now we hardly notice them - and even...
“Autonomous” Cars . . . and Social Security “Contributions”
Within 12 years, only 5 percent of the driving done in this country will be done by "autonomous" drivers - according to a study that is getting huge play all over...
The Red Queen Rules
One of the truly scary things about living in The Homeland, as it is officially styled nowadays, is that you are subject to punishment prior to conviction. Merely to be accused...
How Could it Have Been Worse?
Maybe it would have been wiser to just sit the last one out. Or even to have done like Khan in Star Trek II and - for hate's sake - voted...
Despite their Worst Intentions
Cars are so much better than the government had intended that one can only imagine how good they might have been had the government not been involved at all.
In the first ...