I disagree with the staff at Automotive News and their selection of the Toyota recall story as the top automobile-related news story of 2010. The story that deserves at least as much attention has to do with how members of the state-run media ignored recall issues at GM (a.k.a., “Government Motors”) at Toyota’s expense. I [...]
Top Auto Story of 2010: State-Run Media Ignored GM Recall Issues at Toyota’s Expense
December 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments
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Offshore Drilling Moratorium No Longer Necessary
July 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Another reason why we don’t need a moratorium on offshore drilling: nobody else is going to be taking risks during the next six months like BP did three months prior to the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that left 11 dead and created one of the worst ecological disasters in [...]
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I Don’t Listen to Hollywood: Tom Hanks Edition
March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments
So what if he starred in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 blockbuster, “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s time to evict Tom Hanks from the Ranger Hall of Fame. An excerpt from a recent Los Angeles Times article, ‘The Pacific’s’ Tom Hanks: The right wing’s new boogeyman, makes the case clearly about the actor who, while busily pimping “The [...]
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Feds Fail to Issue Recall for Chevy Cobalt Despite More Complaints Per Vehicle Than Toyota
February 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments
If someone died as a result of faulty mechanics in a Toyota or Lexus vehicle, then a recall was indeed necessary. But shouldn’t the playing field be level for all manufacturers, regardless of whether or not someone died? I ask this question three days after publishing a pair of posts in which I expressed skepticism [...]
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Do We Really Need Obama’s Council of Governors?
January 14th, 2010 · No Comments
Only two weeks after he signed an executive order tasking the Postal Service with distributing countermeasures in case of bioweapon attack, it appears President Barack Obama is at it again. On Monday, he signed another executive order to establish something he calls a “Council of Governors.” Among the national news media, only the Los Angeles [...]
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The Michael Behenna Story: Part Nine
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted [...]
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Flashback to a Post on Sex and Climate Change
November 29th, 2009 · No Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 27, 2007, I published a post that loosely linked Mike Penner, a Los Angeles Times sportswriter who had announced he would undergo a sex-change operation, and the multi-faceted controversy surrounding global warming. Today, I republish that post for two reasons: (1) I learned that Penner died yesterday of an apparent suicide; [...]
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