My fresh Businessweek book review, this one on “We’re With Nobody”– an insiders’ exposé on conducting political opposition research, by Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian. Read the review, then read the book.

A load of handsome metal was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show. But, to paraphrase Newton, for every four-wheeled fox there was an equal and opposite automotive dud. Our slideshow pairs the winners and losers in each vehicle category, over at Vanity Fair.

Up for auction this weekend at Barrett-Jackson: A White 1964 Cadillac with an impeccable and tragic provenance. Read the crazy story at Vanity Fair.

Fed up with the show’s shambolic approach, I’m throwing in the towel. (But I’ll miss those talented kids!) Read my departure manifesto at Vanity Fair.

Listen to me broadcast my loudmouth opinions about the Detroit Auto Show on Detroit’s NPR station, WDET, for the fourth year running. Multiple minutes of radio goodness on the local flagship gab-fest, The Craig Fahle Show available here.

About which of the many slaver-worthy cars being unveiled at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show are most excited? This one. Check out the full piece at Vanity Fair.

My latest automotive content for Businessweek–a review of a new book about the original compact calamity: the VW Bug. Check it out here, and be sure to click on the Beetle Spawn sidebar!

Sublunary land rocket to attempt 275 m.p.h. top speed; named for hideous Mesozoic reptile. Read all about it at Vanity Fair.