“Clover” & “Gil”
The other day, Prison Planet published an article about government trolls who are paid to post disruptive comments on contrarian (anti-government/anti-corporate) web sites. We've long suspected such trolls have attempted to...
Seatbelt Laws and Gun Control
First, an acknowledgement. A reader suggested this - I'm merely taking the ball down the field... .
Getting pulled over for no other reason than you weren't wearing a seatbelt is now...
Tortured Traffic Laws
At some point - I think it happened back in the late '80s - a government bureaucrat decided it was "unsafe" to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. Not content...
2014 Lexus GS350 F Sport
Lexus was originally - and for the most part has remained - a brand devoted primarily to luxury. To poshness, softness, quietude and comfort. ES, RX, LS. These have been the...
Retro review: 1983 Honda Nighthawk CB550
What makes a bike memorable?
That it's fast? Maybe - but not necessarily. A buddy of mine owned a first-year Honda Interceptor VFR1000. The whir of gear driven cams - and 125...
The Window’s Closing
2014 is the year we turned a historically significant corner. The self-driving car is officially in the works now; it is no longer speculative fiction.
In a very real way, self-driving cars...
Retro Review: 1980-’81 Z28 Camaro
Arguably, the best second-generation Z28s were the first - and the last.
While the Z's sister car - Pontiac's Trans-Am - rose to the occasion several times during the lowest points of...
The Affordable Coffee Act
I mean, why not?
If government - using its magical powers - can make health care "affordable" why not make everything people need (and hell, everything they want) affordable?
It's a little mean-spirited...
Steam Locomotives and Cars
There is a museum in my town devoted to the photography of O. Winston Link (see here). He was fascinated by steam locomotives and spent years - the declining years of...
2014 Toyota Tundra
One area where the Japanese have not been able to eat the proverbial lunch of Detroit's Big Three has been full-size pick-ups. To date, none of the Japanese 1500s have been...