"Obama is coming in with enormous popularity. This is his best window of opportunity to impose a gas tax. And he could make it painless: offset the gas tax by lowering payroll taxes, or phase it in over two years at 10 cents…
... and backed out. *** That reminds me: Bush bails out the auto industry. IN THE COMMENTS: Ron says: Ah, snowy, silver Silvio...how we've missed thee! No new wheels for you, Althouse? Not even a new TT? (I know you didn'…
He's "the embodiment of all that is wrong with America": "On weekends I engage in countryside motoring as if it's a form of exercise. Worse, during the week, despite the availability of mass transit, I almo…
"... would have a real effect on economic confidence. But that doesn’t mean we should just peel off a chunk of the bailout to cover them," writes TNR's Clay Risen. The $700 billion was intended for the financial sec…
What the French called the original Fiat 500 , the incredibly tiny Italian car originally concocted in 1957, and now adorably revived. “Like the Mini, you buy it because it’s interesting, beautiful things for the beautiful,” said…
Stumbling into the BlogHer conference, completely late for Day 1, I go first for the test drive. There's a bunch of cars, including a line of Saturn Sky Roadsters , but I know the one I want to drive. This red one: No, not be…