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BMW shows off fuel cell-powered i8 And 5-Series GT

(BMW) (BMW) PreviousNext In late 2011, BMW signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota for collaboration on a number of projects, one of which was development of a new sports car platform to spawn a replacement for the Z4 as…

Mighty machines of mayhem for spring 2015

2015 Polaris RZR 4 900 (Polaris/© John Linn, Adventure Studios 2014) The sun is out and the sky is blue, which means it’s time to find a massive mud puddle and drive one of these machines through it at high…

Where are the jobs? America’s new leisure class

To listen to President Obama, the U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders. Yet it is hardly creating jobs at a breakneck pace, and too many able-bodied men have grown lazy and show no interest in working. Friday, economists expect…

Wake Up, America: It’s time to audit the Federal Reserve

As a conservative I follow the constitution. In fact, I carry a copy of the constitution in my pocket. And I’m certainly not one of those squishy conservatives who believes the document is a living and breathing thing, up for…

A chip and a PIN: The future of credit cards

An EMV chip embedded in a credit card — a worldwide standard for point-of-sale transactions that the U.S. market is woefully behind on. (Mastercard) A series of hacks at two major retailers over the Christmas shopping season has so startled…

Our defiant and uncompromising president

This week’s press conference was more of the same President Obama whom we saw on the campaign trail this year. He was resolute and even defiant. And though there was more conciliation at times than we are normally used to…

Tracking Your Taxes: Programs Proven to be Wasteful, but Still There

The Congressional Budget Office and the White House Office of Management and Budget say billions are being wasted on projects that are not needed or duplicative — and experts say one reason the federal budget is out of control is…

Can Google’s myTouch 3G Out-Smartphone the iPhone?

I really wanted to love T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G, the latest “Google phone.” I truly did. Not because I don’t love my iPhone 3G, but precisely because I do love my iPhone 3G. I love it more than I should. But…