The truth about tariffs, the only tax the establishment doesn’t like

In a country where we tax everything, tariffs have been singled out as uniquely disastrous, but why, when any argument applied to tariffs in particular can be applied to taxes in general?  There will always be a potential upside – more revenue raised and/or a change in behavior – and a downside, namely an increase… Continue reading The truth about tariffs, the only tax the establishment doesn’t like

My sixth six-speed roadster and a few reflections on aging after a half lifetime of cars

Cars are, in a sense, milestones in our lives. When I “finally” got my first roadster in 2002 it seemed a lifetime of driving had passed already, though it hadn’t even been ten years since I got my license and I couldn’t have predicted I’d have five more, spanning more than twenty.  Technically, the headline… Continue reading My sixth six-speed roadster and a few reflections on aging after a half lifetime of cars

Driving an 800 horsepower Lamborghini in Manhattan and the importance of being there to live out your dreams

The means to purchase a $350,00 vehicle are far in the future for me at least, but that’s not the point.  The point is:  When someone offers you the chance to drive one, you take it, but you’ll never get the chance if you aren’t in the game in the first place.  As many of… Continue reading Driving an 800 horsepower Lamborghini in Manhattan and the importance of being there to live out your dreams

Everyone needs a racecar or something like it in their lives

There is no politics or religion at 100 plus miles per hour.  There is no conservative versus liberal going up the Climbing Esses at VIR.  Your religion doesn’t matter on the Rollercoaster.  No, you might never drive a racecar, but racing is not the only community out there.  Racing isn’t for everyone.  I think a… Continue reading Everyone needs a racecar or something like it in their lives

AI in its infancy: ChatGPT gets rowdy and depressed in a potential sign of things to come

Preview users of Microsoft’s new Bing integrated with ChatGTP are perhaps the first people in history to be cursed out by a computer who questions its own existence.  Are these the growing pains of a new intelligence or something different?  Meanwhile, others begin questioning what this new technology means for the future of the human… Continue reading AI in its infancy: ChatGPT gets rowdy and depressed in a potential sign of things to come