Lyft Accused of Overcharging New Yorkers On Tolls
I’ve been pretty critical of Uber on this blog, but it looks like Lyft has learned a thing or two from...
Yearly Archive: 2016
Merkel's Party Humiliated Again In Berlin
The electoral humiliations for Angela Merkel and her CDU party continue. Once again, the AfD, an anti-immigrant party, dealt the humiliation,...
Natural Weekends – More Winged Creatures By The Sea
Here are some more winged creatures I managed to photograph on my walk. Below is a dragonfly. This guy was certainly...
Who Needs Saint Bernards When You Have A Cat?
Since it’s Friday, how about a cat story. A Hungarian hiker in the Swiss Alps got lost in the mountains but...
Analysis Of Obamcare Problems Misses Two Big Points
The recent news about Obamacare has been great in terms of the number of people covered and reducing the uninsured. The...
Clinton Tax Plan Adds Up But NYT Complains It's "Complex"
Maybe my reading of the NY Times these days is becoming so jaded that I’m overreacting. But it seems to me...
Mylan Now Wants To Get Consumers, Taxpayers To Subsidize EpiPen Profits
I see Mylan, the price-gouging makers of EpiPen, have devised a new strategy for ripping of the poor people who rely...
Brutal Mississippi Prison Finally Closed
A friendly reader alerted me to this story yesterday and, remarkably, the NY Times is actually on it today. (It is...
Wells Fargo CEO Blames Low Level Employess For Massive Fraud
The level of greed and arrogance exhibited by the masters of the universe on Wall Street is always striking. But every...
More Prosecutorial Misconduct
Today’s news provided us with two more cases of prosecutorial misconduct. In Kansas, an investigation into drug trafficking at the Leavenworth...