Category: General & Random

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.

Check out this piece in this week’s week’s Detroit Jewish News for an article about the upcoming Detroit Auto Show starring some of your favorite Car Jews, (including me!)

The Gay Uncle gives parents some top-notch advice for the New Year, in the Chicago Tribune.

Celebrating another 12 months of televisual Mary-ment, “The Gay Guide to Glee” presents our second annual slideshow of Glee’s 10 gayest moments, along with a counter-intuitive collection of its 5 not gayest moments. View it now at Vanity Fair.