Max Gladwell

General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler are seeking $50 billion in low-interest federal loans. But don’t call it a bailout. First there was the subprime crisis and Bear Sterns. The U.S. government bailed out the investment bank to the tune of $29 billion because it was too big to fail. Investors lost a ton of dough, [...]

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Democrats and Republicans outline a compromise on offshore drilling that largely moves energy policy in the right direction. Can it pass? If so, will Bush sign it? The Democrats picked the wrong battle at the wrong time with offshore drilling. It should never have been allowed to become a so-called wedge issue because it’s effectively [...]

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The Daily Show juxtaposes George W. Bush’s 2000 acceptance speech with John McCain’s and exposes striking similarities. On its final night of “covering” the Republican National Convention, The Daily Show kicked off the final 59 days of this election with two masterpieces of video archiving and editing. First, Steward cuts together a clip that shows [...]

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The global phenomenon known as Green Drinks is a lot like social networking, only in the real world. How crazy is that? It often seems like Max Gladwell exists not at the nexus of social media and green living but rather in the parallel worlds. We often attend networking events for each of these markets, [...]

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The Daily Show and The Colbert Report deliver superb, award-winning commentary and satire. But don’t call it news. It’s no secret that we’re big supporters of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. In fact, WebEcoist recently featured Max Gladwell among its 25 Best Green Blogs, noting that “you’re [...]

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