This makes me so very happy.
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- The 2006 model year will be the last for the Hummer H1, the hulking, gas-guzzling status symbol that has attracted celebrities and off-road enthusiasts but has drawn the ire of environmentalists.General Motors Corp. announced plans Friday for the H1, which is the foundation for the automaker's ( Read more... )

If you've been arguing with grumblers who claim the high cost of gasoline these days is due to "tree-huggers", this study should make your argument easier: Profiteering is the predominant cause of high gas prices.

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights released a new study today of rising gasoline prices in California that found corporate ( Read more... )

Headlines from all over the place.

++ In its neverending quest to annoy the fuck out of me, PETA is resuming their "eating meat = genocide & slavery!" ad campaign. Because earth logic waved bye-bye to PETA decades ago.

++ The vice chairman of the Massachusettes Republican party has been charged with drug money-laundering. Nice ( Read more... )

Great editorial in the Post today from economist Robert Samuelson on why cheap gas in America is a bad habit. ( One way or another, Americans should know that the era of cheap gasoline is history. Some drivers will want hybrid versions of their present vehicles; others will downsize. It's not a national tragedy for someone to trade an Expedition for a Taurus. )