In an intriguing new column called “Fabulous Dead People,” The New York Times features the late but ever stylish Millicent Rogers.

Europeans are accusing the Defense Department of protectionism in a $35 billion contract to replace Air Force KC-135 tankers.

Former auto czar Steven Rattner is in talks to resolve his role in the New York state pension fund investigation, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Who are the most powerful brothers in the U.S.?

What voter would be foolish enough to send a loon like Eric Massa to Congress?

Mea culpa.

I live in New York’s 29th District, a predominantly rural, traditionally Republican section of the Finger Lakes.

In 2008, Massa was a welcome alternative to Republican incumbent Randy Kuhl, an opponent of abortion rights and gun control, a convicted drunk driver who in 1994 had allegedly threatened his then-wife with a shotgun.

Today, in the wake of constantly changing explanations for his resignation and rambling interviews with Glenn Beck and Larry King, Massa is an embarrassment.

All the self-righteousness of being an informed voter casting the “correct” ballot has evaporated.

I’ve been had.

Among the alumni of the George W. Bush administration, Henry M. Paulson Jr. is a rare breed.

Greece avoided financial collapse last week with a package of tax increases, spending cuts and government bond sales.

There’s a symmetry to the new TV series, “Parenthood.”

An ethics investigation into campaign contributions by the now defunct PMA Group has exonerated members of the House Appropriations Committee.

The Toyoda family is to Japan what the Ford family is to Detroit.

He may soon be the most decorated U.S. athlete of the winter Olympics, but Apolo Ohno is already the medalist most fun to map.

When Rep. Dan Lipinski supports transportation projects, one of the biggest beneficiaries is his father, lobbyist Bill Lipinski.

Remember the report about a fellow passenger taking a swing at Mitt Romney on a flight out of Vancouver?

The much publicized friendship between Warren Buffett and Bill Gates has become an empire - extending even beyond Buffett’s huge gift to the Gates Foundation.

John Podesta has one word for the current climate in Washington.

As the light of one American political dynasty dimmed last week, another shone more brightly.

In the network that is America’s rail freight system, Chicago is a chokepoint.

In the city of celebration, New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson may have the most to celebrate.

A small, intensely local site launched yesterday using Muckety mapping.

In what is likely to be California’s most expensive gubernatorial campaign to date, billionaire Meg Whitman is outspending everybody.