In a stunning display of the advanced nature of Northern European social policies, a pair of openly gay penguins at a Danish zoo were granted the right to adopt a newborn human baby. The child, a healthy American boy given up for adoption by his Republican parents in the wake of Mitt Romney’s failed presidential bid, will be brought up in the penguin enclosure. “We are very happy,” said one of the proud father penguins, in Danish, before regurgitating some herring and spitting it into the child’s open mouth.

How Use your Hurricane Sandy Insurance Settlement to Buy a More Fuel Efficient Vehicle. (Includes handy Buyer’s Guide!) Read my latest for Yahoo! Autos.

We interview experts from within and outside the industry to uncover the next big trends in automotive interiors, and our discoveries will make you feel shocked, intrigued, delighted, (and perhaps hungry). Read all about it at Vanity Fair.

The Nissan Pathfinder isn’t a station wagon, and it’s the Baby Boomers’ fault. My latest for Yahoo! Autos.

The Nissan Sentra is a medicine best taken with a spoonful of…sugar. My latest for Yahoo! Autos.

According to our recent interview, the worst car Patrick Dempsey ever owned was a Ferrari Daytona. Read about this, as well as crashed Porsches, frozen Mercedes, and the unerring coolness of Paul Newman in Vanity Fair.

Welcome to the Jungle: The Bentley Jungle.
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Find out why these fancy-schmancy model cars cost $10,000 (and why you need one). Also, view a slideshow of our Top 5 cars from the Americana Concours d’Elegance, including 3 cars from the banner year of 1982. All just a click away, at Vanity Fair.

We take advantage of Gotham’s best season by driving the Ferrari 458 Spider, and round off the fall with four more of the world’s best convertibles. Read about it, in Vanity Fair.

A Honda, a Mercedes, a Mini, a Jeep, and a BMW (sort of), on two, three, and four wheels. Click the image on the left to view a crappy scan, or just buy the magazine, you chintzy bitch. (It’s the one with Daniel Craig on the cover, so you know you want it.)