Small cars for young drivers = cheap car insurance, yeah?

Well, yes. A one litre engine in a three year old Fiat Panda will put you in the ultra-cheap, group one insurance bracket, and if you do a little hunting around for a good online car insurance provider you could end up spending a lot less than you imagined. But (and it’s a big but), who wants to drive a 54bhp tin box that takes half a year to do 0-60 and feels like your fillings are going to drop out if you go anywhere near its break-neck top speed of 93mph? Still, small Fiats and young drive

A post totally not about Election Day*

(Job update: The other day, I was so in love with my job I wanted to marry it; the next day I wanted to arrange for it to have a "tragic" "accident" during our Carribean honeymoon so I could collect the insurance money and shack up with a much younger cabana boy by the ocean. Today we were back on decent terms. I'll keep you posted. Apartment update: None. In denial. Moving on.) A few weeks ago I saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, which I thought was really cute (thanks in large part to M

Making Learning Fun with A.A.C.: How Gas Prices Affect Our Lives

A.A.C. Puryear STAFF WRITER Well, folks, I think I should consider myself a very happy man. Two and a half weeks ago, I asked you all to start sending me things that have happened in our society that you would like to see written into one of my very own cultural analysis articles. I was elated with the responses I got, making me realize that you all are so awesome that I need to start treating you better. For the past few months, I have referred to you by demeaning generic terms like “readers”,

The Selfish Mem

Sometimes Obama really steps into it, doesn’t he? “The point is, though, that â€" and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class â€" it’s that when we actually make sure that everybody’s got a shot â€" when young people can all go to college, when everybody’s got decent health care, when everybody’s got a little more money at the end of the month â€" then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money, they