2011: A DMV Odyssey
Big Brother's doing a bit more than just watching you these days.
Remember the last time you got your driver's license renewed? You may recall the procedure for taking your picture was...
Over-insured America
I wish more people would stop to think about what making any product mandatory will necessarily do its cost - as well as to the “service” provided. If you can’t say...
Why Casey Anthony Got Away With it…
I know why child-killer Casey Anthony was found (cough) "not guilty."
It's the same reason why American drivers - most of them - will never dare turn right on red (even if...
Life in the Slow Fast Lane
In the '80s, when most cars were slow, you could drive fast and mostly get away with it. Or at least. you could do it and (usually) not risk a beating...
Seeing Yellow… But Not For Very Long
Ever get the feeling that traffic lights stay yellow for shorter intervals than they used to?
Turns out, you're not imagining it.
Yellow intervals have been shortened at traffic lights in many areas...
When America Went Crazy
America lost its mind 146 years ago and hasn't been the same since. Or rather, it's been a different country ever since.
A psychotic, self-referential, duplicitous country - largely ignorant of its...
Conversations With a Clover….
In honor of July 4 - the lingering spirit of it, if not the actuality - I decided to publish a "letter to Clover" as a way to show how anti-freedom...
The Obama Car
Now Obama's decided to ban cars outright.
Not in so many words, perhaps - but the end result of his just-announced "proposal" that new cars be required by law to average 56.2...
Where it all Began…
It's not hard to pinpoint the exact moments when the Constitution was explicitly disavowed by the robed shysters charged (by themselves) with "interpreting" it.
Once such moment was 21 years ago, in...
RIP, Tesla: You Deserved to Die
Chalk this up to Lesson Not Learned.
The Tesla electric sports car is dead - a victim of its own defective economics. This was not unpredictable.
The company created an electric version of...