The No Show Auto Show
Every year around this time, the car press gathers in New York City at the Javits Center for the New York Auto Show’s press preview days. This being the week in...
The New Gas Tax By Another Name
One of the ways that gas taxes will be increased is by not calling them that. It goes down easier - like the “shared responsibility payment” you’re forced to pay for...
Ralph Returns
Evidence that only the good die young is the fact that Ralph Nader is still alive. The 86-year-old “consumer safety advocate” who advocates for what he thinks “consumers” (ugly term, suggestive...
Weaponized Hypochondria in a Nutshell
How bad is Sickness Psychosis - the affliction engendered by the weaponization of hypochondria?
Pretty bad.
Herewith a personal story that gives a sense of just how bad it is.
I went to the...
Cancelling Aging Air Bags
Wrongthinkful people are being canceled left and right - mostly by the left - for hurting the feelings of the left. Air bags sometime cancel lives, whether you're on the left...
2021 Fiat 500X
Here’s an oddball thing: Fiat - the Italian small car brand - currently sells only one new car, the 2021 500X.
Making the brand and the car synonymous, almost.
Can Fiat - the...
Diaper Report 2/5/21
Some good news to report from the Undiapered Underground. Live - and let live is beginning to reassert itself in pockets around the country.
A sign of this being the sign on...
Buying Into What They’re Selling . . .
Marketing is the business of persuading you to feel the need for something you otherwise would probably have never thought of buying - and to make you feel good about buying...
Dating and Diapers . . .
A reader asks a question about the effect of weaponized hypochondria on dating and relationships; I thought it would be of interest to explore this at some length.
Zane writes:
How has...
2021 VW Tiguan
Getting three rows of seats without getting something big - or pricey - isn’t easy.
Because there aren’t many.
In fact, there’s just one now - the 2021 VW Tiguan. The other two...