Author: Devilstower

Americans are not interested in fuel economy or small, efficient cars.  Americans want power, size, and styling.  Says who?  Says GM.  Says Ford.  Says Daimler-Chrysler.  Says the analysts at JD...

Not this August, nor this September; you have this year to do what you like. Not next August, nor next September; that is still too soon… But the year after that or the year after that they fight. — Ernest Hemingway...

What if I told you that a former senator who was one of the biggest supporters of Clarence Thomas, was one of my favorite politicians?  What if the same guy was the minister who presided over Ronal Reagan’s funeral?...

The ultimate problem – the problem at the heart of almost every wrong-headed idea that comes from the right – is that the Republicans have wandered into fantasyland.  By this I don’t mean that they are all...

[From the diaries by susanhu] Almost a year ago, the EPA started to float proposed changes in how they rate pollution from the element Selenium. It looked like a small thing. It was based on a report by a respected environmental...