I came across two headlines side-by-each on an internet website this week that gave me pause. The first went like this: Toyota recalls 437,000 Prius hybrids, globally And the second told me: Iran starts processing nuclear fuel towards weapons-grade strength Is there something wrong with this picture? Japan, so long the darling of the high-tech universe can't seem to make a car that is able to stop. Between faulty Prius brake pedals and other models' - eight I think - gas pedals that keep going, a Toyota is about as popular as watching golf without Tiger Woods. Meanwhile, a middle-eastern backwater headed by a guy called Mahmoud Iamanutjob, announced this week it had begun manufacturing a higher grade of enriched uranium. Why? Oh, gee, I dunno. WMDs? Where's George Bush when you need him? So the question is: if underdeveloped Iran's on the road to nuclear weapons why can't high-tech Japan build a car that'll at least stay on the road?...