Elon’s Space Pinto
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket recently had trouble getting off the ground - well, in one piece - and it’s an awfully long way to Mars.
There’s also an awful lot of money...
Vice President of Diversity
They used to hire mainly engineers to work at car companies. Where they used to mainly design and build cars.
Now they have vice presidents of diversity.
At least, GM does.
A guy named...
The Duce Disappoints
The “debate” earlier this week disabused me of hope that Trump might be something other than yet another authoritarian collectivist.
He basically agreed with would-be (and probably will be) Chairman Hillary on...
Beria’s Technique… As Applied to VW
The trick is keeping your victim alive… so that the beatings can continue.
That was Lavrenti Beria’s dictum.
Beria was Stalin’s secret police chief, the Soviet version of Nazi Germany’s SS chief, Heinrich...
GM Picks up the Pieces… Maybe
Diesels are coming back.
Just not VW’s diesels.
The German automaker, if not kaput, has tapped out of that market to focus - mea culpa! - on electric cars (which will render the...
VW’s Politically Incorrect Chick Car…
There are men’s - and women’s - clothes. Different cut, different colors, different emphasis. No one sane complains that either derogates the other. If anything, the opposite. Women’s clothes make women...
The Always Losing Argument
I read an article the other day, recommended by a friend, about “conservatives” and the futility of the reactionary politics that defines them. They are always looking backward, to a time...
Electric Seppuku
You have probably watched a samurai movie - and know about Seppuku. Ritual suicide to avoid the shame of being dishonored - particularly by defeat in war.
VW is in the process...
Recycled Heroes
You may recall the Catholic Church's troubles with pedophile priests. The trouble wasn't just that some priests had an interest in little kids. It was that the Church was interested in covering...
The “Living” Constitution…
It’s said - approvingly, by some - that the Constitution is a “living” document.
Imagine any other contract that was also “living.” That is, subject to unilateral changes according to the whim...