MICKEY KAUS: “I hate to make invidious solidarity-eroding comparisons between competing UAW shops, but Detroit’s cars aren’t uniformly inferior to their Japanese competitors. Ford’s products have been consistently less unreliable, in recent years, than the other two members of the Big Three. . . . P.S.: If the automakers react the way GM reacted when its Saturn subsidiary actually started making good cars, their legislative strategy is clear: Figure out a way to punish Ford!”