Insuring the Driver – Not The Vehicles
Mandatory car insurance is a pretty hateful concept - a form of prior restraint that says, in effect, because you may cause injury you must be insured against the possibility. Even...
Winning Arguments
The speech Morpheus gave to Neo in the original Matrix was elegant - and eloquent. But we're not in a movie - and most of us are not masters of verbal...
Goodbye, V-8s. Maybe This Time, For Good
V-8s are on the way out - again.
The first mass extinction occurred circa late 1970s/early '80s - as a result of the first round of the government fuel economy edicts...
Why Do We Obey?
If some random guy ordered you to submit to his will - or else - most of us would at least consider it assault. Many of us would try to escape...
Using The Same logic…
We're told there's no legitimate use for an "assault rife" - that is, a rifle that looks menacing because it has a military-style stock or flash suppressor. Even though it functions...
V2V: The End of Driving . . . By You, Anyhow
You're going to love - or dread - this.
Vehicle to Vehicle communication - V2V, as its designers style it - is a system that will - that already is -...
Cars, Cops, Traffic Stops – and CHPs
Trigger-happy, over-aggressive cops are - unfortunately - a reality. Which is why it's probably a good idea to get your concealed handgun permit (CHP) if you carry a gun with you...
The De Facto Mandate
Big Business has discovered that it can do business with Big Government - and vice versa - the two spooning together like lovesick newlyweds. Of course, it's us - the Mundanes...
Cypher’s Choice
In the original Matrix movie, there's a character named Cypher who decides that life is more comfortable for him within the confines of the false-reality programming that is the Matrix. He...
A Lesson From The Past . . . About the Rip-Off Of Today
By 2016, per federal mandate, all new cars will be required to average 35.5 miles per gallon. This sounds like a big deal. It isn't - except in terms of how...