Are tax credits really necessary for hybrid owners at this point? (Interesting side note: a friend recently had to replace her car, and she tried to buy a used efficient car, and realized it was actually cheaper to just buy new, for the range/condition of car she was looking at, because people are snapping up used cars in droves as they ditch their SUVs. Pretty neat, eh?)

Do we need to nationalize our gas companies? Should we? And how could we?

Speaking of gas, for the car drivers among my readers, here’s a feature on the fact and fiction behind various techniques for saving money on gas.

More aggressive anti-bullying laws might help to prevent future hate crimes.

The Guardian recently launched a new offshoot of their awesome “Comment is free” section, focused on America. Go check it out.

Albinos in Tanzania have been cropping up in the news a lot lately, and here’s an interesting Al Jazeera video talking about the great albino issue.