After several failed attempts to sell the Saab car line, General Motors gave up and announced the death of the brand today. The fashionable narrative shall be one of big, stupid, clodhopping GM not understanding what made Saab special, slowly strangling all its uniqueness over two decades of ownership until it finally collapsed. To be … Read more
I have officially begun entertaining plausible fantasies of running out the clock on “health care reform.” The Scream unloaded on the Senate mess today, calling it “an insurance company’s dream.” Senator Rockefeller fired back at the esteemed Dr. Dean, saying of his commentary “It’s nonsense and it’s irresponsible and coming from him as a physician, … Read more
Remember those three Americans of questionable judgment who went hiking near the Iraq-Iran border and were arrested by Iranian forces? They have been formally charged with espionage and will stand trial. There is concern—well-founded, methinks—that the Iranians will attempt to use these prisoners as bargaining chips for their nuclear program. Our esteemed president must avoid … Read more