Month: July 2008
An Excess of Energy
The one thing, the only thing, that will encourage substitution of an alternate fuel is increasing the cost of the primary fuel relative to the cost of the alte...
Hyphenation
I realized today what bothers me about hyphenate groupings of people, such as Irish-American, Italian-American, or African-American. Why aren’t they just ...
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume am...
Scooters
This morning I heard a piece on the radio about scooter sales in New York City. One of the comments piqued my interest. [The owner of Vespa SoHo, Zachary] Schie...
Go Wake Up the Judge
You know how in the movies, when the cops want to bust in on the mob doing their dirty deeds, first they go wake up the judge in the middle of the night, or dra...