Cop Types. . .
Bad laws attract bad people to enforce them - while pushing out the good (and semi-good) people. It's a sort of Gresham's Law as applied to human society. And more, a...
That Word…. Progressive
Progressive insurance is a lot like public education. Both are euphemisms that sound happy enough but mask a number of not so-smiley-faced realities.
In the case of Progressive Insurance - the...
The Next Step
Are we there yet?
No, but we are getting very close.
We are now at the point, I suspect, that our colonial ancestors were in the early 1770s. They were still British...
The Last Run, Maybe…
Santa's been running late because of all the speed traps and Clovers out there. Not to mention the endless meetings with his legal team to make sure the factory's in compliance...
The LCD
Think about something you're better-than-average at. Better yet, something you're good at. Now imagine being required by law - backed by the threat of violence for failure to comply - to...
We Have Crossed the Rubicon
Do you suppose cows have any idea what's coming as they're marched down the chute? Or do they stare with bovine indifference at the tail and hind quarters in front of...
The CAFE Catch-22
The pending (2016) 35.5 MPG CAFE requirements – which for the first time apply to trucks as well as passenger cars – are going to make it very difficult for any...
No More Compact Trucks… For US
Here's the first known victim of the latest CAFE (government fuel efficiency) increase to 35.5 MPG: The compact pick-up truck. And the American truck buyer.
Ok, that's two victims.
I've just discovered...
Newtie and Mitt and the Obama Re-set
Let's hope Obama wins a second term.
Because otherwise, we'll have merely hit the "re-set" button again - and can expect a much worse situation - from the standpoint of liberty...
Tyranny is Stupid, too
Among other things, tyranny is stupid.
The other day, a clearly dangerous Enemy of Freedom - a pregnant 17-year-old white American teenage girl named Vanessa Gibbs - was threatened with a...