Building a Sustainable Auto

The power of the American Presidency to move the environmental agenda was never more apparent than during President Obama’s recent directive to EPA to reconsider California’s request to set tighter air emission and fuel efficiency standards. Under the Clean Air Act, California has long had the authority to exceed federal standards and typically it has Read More

Come Home With Me, Baby!

US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuff, The Penguin Press, 242 pages, $25.95.

The other night, I watched a friend work her magic at a spot in the East Village. Her face imbued with the flush of three or 10 cocktails, she leaned in toward a guy and Read More

The Catsimatidis Agenda

Granted, John Catsimatidis has made noises about running for mayor before. More than once.

But there’s still something refreshing about a person so willing to talk about every aspect of his theoretical campaign before so much as hiring a press secretary.

Yesterday, we chatted about some of the specifics of the Catsimatidis Read More

Highway Carnage Demands Action

A Virginia Tech study suggesting that most of our six million annual car crashes involve drivers distracted by cell phones, food, liquor and the like reflects the worst drivers in the First World. But, like curbing the drugs, guns or obesity with which America also leads the richest nations, we do little to fight a Read More

Coulter Still on Top

Nearly a week after unveiling her attacks on the widows of 9/11, Ann Coulter is still the best-selling author on Amazon.

There are more readers out there, apparently, like Tammy Whynett from Salt Lake City

Coulter knows that altruism is the work of Satan and the evil weapon of the Liberals. Selfishness is the Read More