New Year’s Wishes
I got what I wanted for Christmas - Hillary's face (and that voice) will not be everywhere for the next 4-8 years. But how...
The Money Pit
Tesla Motors just borrowed another half-billion. What was it the late great comic San Kinison used to say?
It never ends! Oh! Ohhhh!
Elon Musk’s electric...
The Impossible Standard . . . a Year Early
Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably have heard something about Dieselgate - the VW exhaust emissions "cheating" scandal (in quotes for the...
Well, It’s Not Just Me . . .
Some of you already know about my spat with GM over “diversity mongering” at the world’s formerly largest car company (and lately, the largest...
“Conservatism” is Limp Dicked and Useless
What is “conservatism,” exactly?
I was one once - and I can’t tell you. Not coherently, anyhow. Which got to bothering me when I was...
The “Jobs Creator”
The Russians never got to the Moon - because their Moon Rocket, the N1, had trouble getting off the launch pad in one piece....
Insurance at Gunpoint is Sick and Evil
There is nothing wrong with insurance ... provided you can say no to it. Then it's like any other thing you choose to buy.
Whether it...
Life in Hock
We live in a society driven by debt.
Cars, for example, have become hugely expensive (even on the low end) relative to what people can...
The Self-Driving Catch-22
There are laws in many states forbidding “distracted” driving - but what about the laws that encourage it?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has...
It’s Not Just VW…
Usually, when a Porsche gets permanently parked it's because it's a treasured museum piece - retired from heroic deeds on street or track (sometimes both)....