The big automakers are retooling their factories to produce greener cars but many of these vehicles won’t hit the road for years. Ira Flatow talks with guests about outside-the-box ideas for improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions quickly.
Guests:
Anna Jaffe, co-founder, Vehicle Design Summit, student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Simon Hauger, former teacher, [...]

“An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today. ” 
 
– Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1990)
 

Dr. Laurence J. Peter (September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and “hierarchiologist,” best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

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http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor_january_2009.html
January 01, 2009
·  Marine Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi, 21, of Bronx, N.Y.; was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 1 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.      
 

January 03, 2009
·  Marine Lance Cpl. Chadwick A. Gilliam, 29, of Mayking, Ky.; [...]

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January 31, 2009
MiTT team advises, helps 9th IA Div. along road to confidence

By Sgt. Whitney Houston

1st Lt. Edan, cmdr. of the Detainee Holding Area Anex (DHAA), is searched by his colleague, 1st Lt. Hussein, while SSgt. Heather Roark observes the appropriate techniques of searching Iraqi women at the DHAA, which is located at Al Rasheed [...]

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January 31, 2009
Swapping the sandy beaches of Oahu for the sands of Afghanistan, Marines and sailors of the Hawaii-based Combat Logistics Battalion 3 are leaving their footprints while forward-deployed to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.By Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan
 
CAMP BARBER, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Swapping [...]

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Republicans Elect First Black Chairman in Bid to Reach Beyond Party’s Base
By JOHN D. MCKINNON and SUSAN DAVIS
WASHINGTON — Republicans chose their first African-American chairman, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, as GOP leaders sought to broaden the battered party’s ideological and regional appeal beyond its conservative, Southern base.

Associated Press

The move also represents a [...]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/31/obama-nation-cant-afford-bickering-over-stimulus/
January 31, 2009
By Christiana Bellantoni
President Obama Saturday morning called on the Senate to quickly pass his more than $825 billion economic stimulus plan, saying Americans “have little patience” for political bickering and noting that while the bill isn’t perfect, it can jumpstart job creation.
Mr. Obama said in his weekly radio address it is “good news” [...]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123317967229425945.html
From Commentary Magazine: From the March 1989 issue, in memoriam.
January 28, 2009

By JOHN UPDIKE
In the summer of 1966 on Martha’s Vineyard, where the mail was rendered sticky and soft by the damp salt air, as if permeated by a melting island unreality, I received a questionnaire from some British editors asking—in the manner of a [...]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123336541474235541.html
January 31, 2009
By RAMSEY SU
Preventing foreclosures has become a top priority of politicians, economists and regulators. In fact, allowing foreclosures to happen has merit as a free-market solution to the crisis.
If the intent is to help homeowners, then foreclosure is undoubtedly the best solution. Household balance sheets have been destroyed by taking on too much [...]