Freelance contributor to Automobile Magazine, DBusiness ("Detroit's Premier Business Journal")
What makes Mr. Young’s very short book creak very loudly is its relativism and the fundamental presumption that more socialism is the answer to everything. … More In theory, postcolonialism was a thing, but today’s pragmatic nations are ditching it
Did I ever mention that my nearby town of Desert Hot Springs is full of the downtrodden and dispossessed? This afternoon I lined up at the supermarket checkstand behind a tattered, tufted guy–shirt untucked, jeans rolled up to mid-calf, sagging white socks–of about my same age, talking out loud, humming a song snippet, looking … More A non sequitur about deer–make that kangaroos–in the checkout lane
On yesterday’s flight to Los Angeles, my seatmate in Business Class was a young woman—I’ll call her Jennifer—who said she was Cindy Crawford’s assistant. Miss Crawford, Jennifer said, was just ahead in the First Class cabin. Jennifer works for her Crawdaddy Productions, dealing with agents and all those who want the 51-year-old supermodel’s endorsement. They were returning … More A close encounter of the airliner kind with Cindy Crawford, whose assistant had no TV
Besides the broad movement against unaccountable central authority, the election of Donald Trump was a statement against the political correctness that increasingly entails speech codes and the denial of speech. In their protests, liberals go on claiming the high road. … More Two books help to understand the endurance of liberalism and why it now falters
I’m definitely bumping up the leafy green vegetables. More chicken, too. … More A pelican can make New Year’s resolutions, too
Even though my favorite beer is noticeably cheaper at the Publix supermarket, I have to say that visiting Florida makes me so happy to live in California. Florida is flat, featureless, and the Baptists are watching. … More Hillary lost, singers and strummers proved all too perishable, but it wasn’t such a bad year
Santa should bring a medium-duty stakebed truck down the chimney. Here are some advantages this truck has over a supersports car that probably wouldn’t be driven more than 3,000 miles per year… … More Why I would rather have a medium-duty stakebed truck than a Ferrari for Christmas
