A Libertarian Dilemma
Not in my Backyard!
But what about when it's in your neighbor's back yard? What is the Libertarian attitude - and response - toward something...
The Electric Greaseman
If you lived in the DC area during the '80s, you will remember the Fall of the Greaseman.
Now living in obscurity - and, apparently,...
GM’s New Rent-a-Car Business Model
Renting is a much better deal than buying . . . for the landlord. You - the renter - never own anything. But you...
Gas Doesn’t Cost More . . . Our Dollars Are Worth Less
Did you know that gas is cheaper now than it was 50 years ago?
It may not feel it . . . but:
Find an inflation calculator;...
The Relief Valve
Strong passions can erupt in unpredictable ways.
The government understands this - and desires that strong passions be diverted in a harmless - to the government - way.
Enter the...
Cash For Not Clunkers
You’ve heard the saying that history repeats . . . as farce? Well, here we are. Not quite ten years after the government paid...
Trump Fires Termagant
Washington just got a little less ugly.
President Trump has fired Obama's acting attorney general, Sally Yates, over her refusal to enforce the travel/immigration restrictions...
Elon’s Carbon Con (Elections Have Consequences, Part Deux)
People sometimes said Ayn Rand's writing was . . . heavy. Obvious, too. Villains with names too good to be true (or believable). Elsworth...
Much Better Than: You’re Fired!
Trump has imposed a regulatory freeze and has threatened a hiring freeze - no new federal "workers" for now (and hopefully, some time to...
A Tale of Two Cities. . . Trump’s Washington and Hidalgo’s Paris
In Washington, President Trump announced that environmental regulations are “out of control” - and promised to get them back under control.
In Paris, Mayor Anne...