The Washington Post reports that President Obama today declared a national goal of ending dependence on foreign oil. The new series of steps is aimed at making American cars more fuel efficient. One net effect of the executive orders will be to let California a regulate automobile tailpipe emissions, a trend the rest of the country may soon follow. Carmakers and their lobby are not pleased.
Andrew J. Levy on Forbes.com says closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay will be harder than it sounds. Once on US soil, the 254 prisoners left must either be tried or released. In a criminal trial, defense attorneys would argue (probably rightly) that evidence against the suspects had been coerced and was thus inadmissible. That would mean that some very scary men would be free to walk the streets of the United States. Bad idea.
The Daily Beast has a list breakout actors to watch for in 2009. Mia Wasikowska will become a name you know. She plays Alice (with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter) in Tim Burton's forthcoming adaption of "Alice in Wonderland." The Grinder is a more excited about Olivia Wilde. (That's her smoldering on the right.) Look for her as "Princess Inanna," in the new Harold Ramis comedy "Year One," starring Jack Black and Michael Cera. Olivia is like Megan Fox, if Megan Fox could act.
