When the rubber ducky hits the road

Paul Leroux Rubber duckies are born multitaskers. They can serve as bath toys. Or race for charity . Or track ocean currents . Heck, they ca...

Another fracking Saudi conspiracy story, or Chapter 11 is a marvelous invention

Mike Smitka Let me revisit a topic that matters a lot to the auto industry, what's happening in the energy sector. Frank Gaffney, of th...

Autonomous cars that can navigate winter roads? ‘Snow problem!

A look at what happens when you equip a Ford Fusion with sensor fusion. Paul Leroux Let ’ s face it, cars and snow don’t mix. A heavy snowf...

Thank you Baby Boomers: The new norm is 60,000 jobs

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University A simple projection from pre-Great-Recession levels suggests we need 150,000 new jobs ...

Are our candidates Conservatives? Not Fiscally

Mike Smitka, Washington and Lee It's still the primary season, and positions are pitched toward those voters who participate in that pro...