Automobiles/Trucks
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What’s missing from the debate about guns? — Mickey Z.
Still photo of Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 28, 2021 I haven’t written much about guns in my life so I thought it was time to do what I do best: Add in some of the context missing from the public “debates” and urge you to rediscover the subversive pleasure of compassionately thinking for yourself. Don’t Trust Your News Feed, part 1 Unless you do a little ...
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Cabs and Cab-Nots | Mickey Z.
Still photo of Robert DeNiro on the set of “Taxi Driver” (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 4, 2020 Until recently, yellow cabs were a major part of the NYC experience. Thanks to ...
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'I don’t care if you melt': Another tale from a misspent youth | Mickey Z.
YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 23, 2020 (Names changed to protect the guilty) Hank was a close friend of mine during my late teens and early 20s. He and I had some interestin ...
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What Seat Belts Can Teach Us About Wearing Masks | Mickey Z.
Meme found on Facebook Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 4, 2020 Since I began penning articles again in early May, I’ve dedicated two of them to the topic of masks: here and here. As the pandemic ...
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Climate Change Is Hell on Alaska's Formerly Frozen Highways | Greg Quinn
Illustration: Sam Dodge for Bloomberg A critical artery is threatened by thawing permafrost. Aug. 2, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- For seven decades, the Alaska Highway has mesmerized adventure-seeking travele ...
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'Omenland'
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2014 Did a few loose strands of Ebola seep into the organs and tissues of global finance last week? The U.S. equity markets sure enough puked, the N ...
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The Empire Eats Its Own | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 10, 2014 Just watched Alexander Payne’s new film Nebraska, written by Bob Nelson and starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte. I don’t really know what the write ...
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Growing Up In America | Paul Craig Roberts
Aug. 19, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Terrible things are happening faster than we can keep up with them. Monsanto, widely regarded as a criminal enterprise, is expanding its monopoly over seeds an ...
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Nature’s Capital Is The Limiting Resource | Paul Craig Roberts
Life will perish as the environment perishes Jan. 24, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Only in science fiction can humans escape the consequences of destroying their own habitat. In Robert A. Heinlein’s Ti ...
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They Paved Paradise (Honk If You’re An Environmentalist?) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 18, 2013 “In a sense the car has become a prosthetic, and though prosthetics are usually for injured or missing limbs, the auto-prosthetic i ...
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PILLOW TALK: Drivers Wanted | Deborah Goodwin
June 7, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- If you could indulge in just one rich-people's perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily mas ...
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