Dealing With Holiday Roadblocks
You can avoid being felt-up or scanned (for now) if you avoid flying, but that doesn't mean you're not subject to similarly random - and just as intimidating - random stops...
I Guess The Terrorists Like Us Now…
I guess the terrorists like us now.
I mean, we were told after 9/11 that they attacked because they "hate us for our freedoms."
Remember that?
Well, since we're not very free these days,...
Packing Heat in Your Car?
A few years ago I decided to get a concealed-carry permit so that (among other things) I can keep a loaded handgun with me in my car.
Part of the application process...
Before There Was a TSA There Was MADD
A hallmark of a totalitarian (or at least, authoritarian) country is the legal impossibility of anonymous, unhassled travel.
"Your papers, please" was synonymous - once upon a time - with countries like...
Get Rid of Mandatory Car Insurance?
A reader wrote in response to an article I did recently on the tyranny of mandatory insurance laws. He had been hit while on his motorcycle - and crippled for life...
Too Many Cars . . . Not Enough Market?
As we watch the slow-motion train wreck that is the dying U.S. automotive industry, it's easy to blame the economic situation for the debacle. And it's certainly a contributing factor. Or...
The Worst Thing You Can Say in Modern America…
I don't "support the troops."
But of course it's not really the troops we're constantly pressured to express unconditional, unquestioning - even fawning - support for at nearly every turn.
"The troops" really...
Five Stupid Traffic Laws
Here are a few current laws that ought to be on the other end of a piece of payin' paper for a change:
* No right on red -
This is a form...
Department of Annoying Technology
This just in - from the Department of Annoying Technology:
* Nissan "EcoPedal" -
Imagine an accelerator that doesn't want you to (accelerate, that is) and you will understand the essence of...
I break the law everyday…
I have become a routine law-breaker.
Today, for example, I passed three cars - even though it was a "double yellow" zone.
I almost always drive 10-20 mph faster than the posted speed...