Lately I have been in a Billy Joel sort of mood. Specifically, the Summer, Highland Falls Billy, or the I’ve Loved These Days melancholy boozer-crooner vibe. God knows Mr. Joel has had a long and tortured career singing sentimental songs. Whatever. Here’s to rehab, Billy — God bless. Which is exactly the point. The first [...]

From Riverside County to Julian, through the desert to 29 Palms, Tempe, Tucson, Calexico, San Diego and back to Riverside County, the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe averaged 13.9 miles per gallon. At three bucks a gallon — and climbing — along with a 26-gallon tank, that’s almost $80 to go about 360 miles. In an old America that eats, drives and does what it wants, in an America that celebrates largess no matter what the cost, this means little. In today’s America, however, where heroes are drug-tested and kids are obese, where the amount of oil in the ground and the distance your car can go on one gallon matters – a lot – that tattooed 13.9 on the hood of the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe is just not coming together for what people in the good ol’ USA really need.

Just as rust never sleeps, so must old Fords find their way home, even in the case of the Dearborn automaker’s longstanding and virtually complete monopoly of the police cruiser business. ‘Tis a sad day, but one long in coming: According to the Detroit Free Press in an article on August 25, the ‘Vic is retiring, and in its place Ford will customize a Taurus (Taurus!) to sell to police departments.

If you thought that bullseye tattoo on the backs of Toyota officials was beginning to fade, think again: no matter how much time and money the automaker pours into its public relations campaign combating faulty vehicles, there always seems to be another recall just around the corner. According to the Detroit Free Press, the latest [...]

God was happy. Every day, he would walk with the sun along its golden arch and watch his favorite children; for many years they lived in harmony with Mother Earth and all the Gods. His children were kind to all creatures. They killed only what they needed, they farmed the land gently and sacrificed to [...]