Viva Uber!
About four months from now, Americans will go through the sickly, depressing ritual of celebrating the liberties they no longer enjoy. This includes, among...
The Compliance Car
There’s a new model out you may not have heard about - the compliance car.
It’s a car that, for one reason or another, almost...
Apocalypse Avoided?
If this one thing happens, electing Trump will have been worth the bother.
It's actually two things.
Trump's EPA will be "revisiting" the Obama EPA's last-minute...
Silence of the Lambs?
You'd think maybe he killed someone.
Oliver Schmidt is facing 169 years in prison.
Earlier this week, the 48-year-old German national was frog-marched before the judge who...
If “Safety” Really Mattered
In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago.
A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all...
It Won’t Be Like The Jetsons
What does it mean when people talk about self-driving cars? We really ought to be talking about programmed cars.
And about who does the programming.
The...
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;...