Consumers are enjoying the lowest retail gasoline prices in years, a welcome ray of light in an ever-darkening economic picture. ...more

December 21, 2008

A Power Trade-Off Regarding "U.S. Energy Policy Needs A Zap" (Commentary, June 22): ...more

June 28, 2008

Growing global demand and supply constraints will push oil prices to $200 a barrel and gas prices to $7 a gallon within four years, forcing 10 million U.S. cars off the road, according to Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets. ...more

June 27, 2008

In the business section of a recent paper, it stated that Toyota might overtake Ford as number two auto seller. Is the auto public crazy or just plain stupid? I own four older Fords, all in excellent condition, with very few repairs and low maintenance; they just keep running. I owned a Toyota lemon once, a 1984 disaster, which was 6 years old at the time, and the starters kept jamming and burning out. Mechanics diagnosed an engine flywheel problem requiring a new engine. Thus I gave this useless car away. ...more

January 8, 2008

The bathtub ring of mold on the ceiling of Colleen McGaw's Mini Cooper marks how high Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters rose inside the sporty red coupe. ...more

November 18, 2007