U.S.-based automakers have no one but themselves to blame for their dilemma.
Had they long ago embraced, rather than fought, higher fuel economy stand-ards, they might n...
As legendary oil investor T. Boone Pickens tells the story, Republican Bob Dole wanted him to head up his 1996 presidential campaign in Texas. In return, Pickens wanted ...
If you want to understand the macroeconomic implications of paying more than $4 a gallon (and rising) for gasoline, just look at the skyline of Dubai.
It is cluttered wi...
WASHINGTON — John McCain is the candidate who actually had experience as a wartime flyer, but Barack Obama is the one who has most successfully adapted a favorite tactic...
WASHINGTON —
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The presidential candidates focused on the economy last week, pushing plans that are designed to appeal to huge swaths of voters — from college students to Medicare reci...
There are few things more telling than an unguarded remark in the presence of an open microphone, as the Rev. Jesse Jackson reminded us this past week. Surely he was spe...
WASHINGTON — For a children's movie, "WALL-E" begins with startling bleakness: epic landscapes of the Earth buried under the waste of endless human wants. This is the wa...
In a week devoted to cures for our growing economic ills, Barack Obama made the conventional political promise: To every "middle-class" American, a chicken in every pot,...
If religion were not so entwined in American politics, there would be little controversy about federal aid to faith-based charities.
Does anyone doubt that the Salvation...
