Why governments don’t like fuel-efficient cars

Because it means less taxes paid on gasoline. So,, here in California a plan to put tracking devices in cars and charge drivers by the mile is being floated. What a goofy idea! There are just so many reasons this…

More defeatism from the pretend opposition

From an LA Times Op-Ed by Michael Kinsley Has there ever before been a war that so many people disapproved of but so few wanted to stop? Have the reasons for starting a war ever been so thoroughly discredited without…

Doo Dah Parade – Green Party entry

                    “Post-Partisan Depression” was one of the themes for the Los Angeles Greens entry in the deliberately wacky Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena today.              …

The attacks on the mosques

A Muslim mentioned to me on Friday that, while he isn’t religious at all, he believes the photos of US troops in destroyed mosques walking on sacred items will create blowback and resistance that will last fifty years.