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Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary: A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city.; Farhad Manjoo Jul 2, 2008
A biofuel food-price bombshell: The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.; Andrew Leonard Jul 4, 2008
Triumph of the low-carbon city dweller: Back to the land? Pfft. If you want to conserve energy, the cosmopolitan lifestyle is the way to go. You can look it up; Andrew Leonard Jul 3, 2008
Scary! YouTube ordered to hand your viewing history to Viacom: But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times.; Farhad Manjoo Jul 3, 2008
Can immigrants save an aging Europe?: What happens to a society with a declining birth rate which refuses to open the door to outsiders?; Andrew Leonard Jul 3, 2008
A dream of Russian dandelions: The rising price of natural rubber is puncturing tire manufacturer profitability. But a weed grows in Uzbekistan...; Andrew Leonard Jul 3, 2008
Oil up, jobs down: Same old song and dance: A new record for the price of oil, and more bad employment numbers for the U.S. economy; Andrew Leonard Jul 3, 2008
Bear territory blues: It's official: The stock market bulls have left the building. What took them so long?; By Andrew Leonard Jul 2, 2008
Obama's Indian electoral strategy: His campaign mentions the passing of a revered Indian general. McCain's doesn't. How's that going to play in the swing states?; Andrew Leonard Jul 2, 2008
The meaning of Starbucks: The coffee company announces plans to close 600 stores, while simultaneously watering down its primary house brew. As if we needed any more evidence that the economy is in the dregs.; Andrew Leonard Jul 2, 2008
The casino tycoon who loved China: All that cash the rest of the world is sending to China? Sheldon Adelson, the third-richest American, is recycling it.; Andrew Leonard Jul 2, 2008
Why Indian farmers lust after genetically modified eggplant: When you're going broke spraying pesticides that don't work, built-in resistance to nasty bugs starts looking mighty attractive.; Andrew Leonard Jul 1, 2008
Doug Fine's excellent nanny goat adventure: "Farewell, My Subaru" is a low-carbon "Odyssey," dripping with wry humor and fast food grease biofuel.; Andrew Leonard Jul 1, 2008
Wal-Mart's slow-food epiphany: The high price of gas is encouraging the world's biggest retailer to buy locally.; Andrew Leonard Jul 1, 2008
Worst. Encyclopedia. Ever.: Conservapedia launches attack on evolution. A scientist gets annoyed; Andrew Leonard Jun 30, 2008
The Barack Obama of automobiles?: General Motors is betting that the Chevy Volt will usher in the electric future. Promises, promises.; Andrew Leonard Jun 30, 2008
Bad ethanol economics: Industry capacity hits a new high, even as a dozen companies file for bankruptcy.; Andrew Leonard Jun 27, 2008
Bill Gates, the greatest hacker of all time: Reflecting on the Microsoft co-founder's legacy.; Farhad Manjoo Jun 27, 2008
Consumer confidence: "The economy really sucks": Americans haven't felt this glum about their finances since 1980. Hmmm. What else happened in 1980?; Andrew Leonard Jun 27, 2008
More fun with reverse globalization: High transportation costs are making Procter & Gamble rethink its supply chain strategy. But China still comes out on top.; Andrew Leonard Jun 27, 2008
Ask the pilot: Flying isn't much fun, but for now people keep doing it anyway. What can the airlines do to keep their customers happy?; By Patrick Smith Jun 27, 2008
Why $140-a-barrel oil is no surprise: It took awhile, but the market finally realized there's only so much of that black gold to go around.; Andrew Leonard Jun 26, 2008
There's a hole in my oil bucket: You don't need speculators to explain why the price of oil keeps going up, up, and up; Andrew Leonard Jun 26, 2008
Jerry Brown joins the Countrywide pile on: And the housing bust hits a new low: The legacy of REO Speedwagon power ballads is invoked; Andrew Leonard Jun 26, 2008
On the morality of immigration: If the U.S. is less crowded than the rest of the world, is it "fair" to keep other people out?; Andrew Leonard Jun 25, 2008

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