My Southwest Nightmare

Fortunately, I was home for Christmas and not among those sleeping on the polished hard floor of an airport, with the echo of a disembodied voice repeatedly warning not to leave your bag … Read More

Democracy For America Keeps Up The Pressure On The Senate To Pass The PRO Act

Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: On March 9th the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, known as the PRO … Read More

Goes without saying, but must be said: all self-driving cars must be electric vehicles

As with emissions controls, California leads the nation. This is another BFD, just like federal fleets, etc. And can’t come soon enough, if only to eliminate the continuing snafu of … Read More

MT, NE, SC, KY, TX & AZ-Sen: GOPers Are Bragging About An Unemployment Boost They Voted Against

Assholes: A core part of lawmakers’ job is to make sure their constituents have access to government programs that are designed to help them. To that end, many members of … Read More

TX-Sen: Ted Cruz's (R) Lead Over Beto O'Rourke (D) Is Shrinking Fast One Week Before Election Day

So here’s some big news today out of Texas: Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, by 3.6 percentage points among likely voters in … Read More