GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.

The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."

How come all the environmentalists keep proposing things people don't want to do? Real solutions nedn't require deprivation.

It is claimed that this boat runs on biodiesel made form the crew's fat and that it is carbon-neutral. But how is that calculated?

It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.

Are boaters deliberately trying to kill manatees?

It does seem slightly odd that the famous Nobel Peace Prize should go to someone who is famous, more or less, for talking loudly.

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

China and India are adopting personal automobiles. If they follow our path, each country will put itself in a position of its entire economy being vulnerable to interruption of its oil supplies.