Several years ago, my car died in the turn lane of a busy intersection. I got out to push it, hoping that some good Samaritans would join me, but instead some guy in a red Firebird behind me started to honk. Apparently, I wasn’t pushing my car through four lanes of traffic fast enough for [...]

After Michael Jackson died, all the usual suspects came out of the woodwork to inflame, speculate, accuse, defend, and memorialize.  Media vultures like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Gloria Allred took their well-worn places, along with ex-attorneys, autopsy specialists, and professional pundits. Hundreds of thousands of Jackson’s fans filled the internet with glowing praise and [...]