Unfulfilled Promise
Evaluating the first year of the Obama presidency
On the Newsstand:Auto Industry
The Future of Energy Policy
The prospects for Obama's energy plan
A Quick Cynical Thought
Area of the country most likely to suffer from an auto industry failure: The Great Lakes region, a Democratic stronghold with large investments in manufacturing. Area of the country most likely to benefit from an auto industry failure: The South, a Republican stronghold with large investments in auto assembly plants owned by foreign firms. On the upside, at least ... Read More
David Halberstam, 1934 – 2007
I could not shake my feeling of profound sadness when I learned on Monday that David Halberstam had lost his life in a traffic accident. Older generations remember Halberstam as the bold and energetic foreign-affairs correspondent for the New York Times. His reporting from Vietnam would earn him, at age thirty, the Pulitzer Prize. But as he grew older, he ... Read More
