Moby Dick in Your Glovebox
The fact that a new car owner’s manual is novel length - some are longer than Moby Dick - says a lot about how out of hand things have become.
Is this...
Public Roads as Tesla’s Private Test Track
Logic - let alone reasonableness - is not one of government’s stronger suits. There are many examples of this, but here’s a newsie one: The use of public roads as test...
The Car Bubble … and Cash for Clunkers II?
A guy who smokes meth can pull a week of 15 hour days. But come next week… .
That’s how artifical “incentives” work on the economy. On the macro level, it is...
We Can Live With Communists
A Libertarian can live in peace with a communist or a fascist - or even a Republican or a Democrat.
Let ‘em get together, buy a compound, admit like-minded people to their...
First They Came for the V8s…
First they came for the V8s.
They were common, once. Most cars - ordinary family cars - usually had one under the hood. High school kids drove V8-powered used cars. Anyone Gen...
Fixing The Problem
And yes, it is a problem.
Whether you are a “law and order” type or otherwise. In fact, especially if you are a “law and order” type. Because, simply put, cops are...
The EPA and the IRS… it’s the Same “Business”
This VW business is a lot like the income tax business. And "business" is exactly the right word. It’s a business (albeit a perverted one) in both instances.
The victim is compelled...
When Uncle “Cheats,” it’s OK
Apparently, it’s ok for Uncle to “cheat.”
Not on emissions tests, as VW is being stoned to death for doing, but on federal fuel efficiency requirements (CAFE, in Uncle-speak).
Would you believe he...
Is The Fix in?
Trump is no dummy.
Because he did not pick Newtie.
Had he done so, he might as well have put Romney at the head of the ticket and retired to Mira Lago. The selection...
Sexual Assault is a Crime … Except Sometimes
Sexual assault is a crime… except when it’s done by an armed government worker (that is, a law enforcer).
How else to describe the horror visited on a South Dakota man named...