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...
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....
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...
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...
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)...
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...
Too Much Traffic? Too Many People!
Once population gets to a certain density, it's game over - for liberty. I mean, for real-deal, live and let live, do-what-you-want (provided you're...
Cars That Drive Themselves…
People seem to like this idea. It makes my flesh crawl.
Well, maybe not that extreme. But the idea does depress me.
A big part of...
“Democracy” is shit
The modern political god is called Democracy. We are expected to worship it; to reflexively think of it as the finest - the only...
Should Dogs Have to “Buckle Up” For Safety?
An old truck trundling down a gravel road with the owner's Lab happily airing its jowls out back in the bed ... it's a...