Rest Areas Aren’t Restful Anymore

Richard Sahn I frequently drive through Eastern PA and New Jersey, usually on my way to New York City or New England. Much to my dismay, rest areas along the Interstate highways are often closed, either for repair or for no apparent reason. Now, I’ve always planned long distance car trips based on the number…

Of Tail Fins and Fighter Jets: Artificial Obsolescence and Economic Bankruptcy (Updated)

Harley Earl was Vice President of Styling for General Motors and considered the father of American automotive design.  Since its inception in the 1920s, GM styling was based on a concept known as “artificial obsolescence,” which involved redesigning and retooling the entire line of cars every two years so that car owners would want to…

Memorial Day … for Planet Earth

b. traven The vampires attack mother earth and Bill Astore is on the case.  Professor Astore usually writes about military subjects with his background in the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel.  In an article just published in Huffington Post, Astore examines how the vampires are sucking the blood from mother earth so that we…