2012 Volvo S60 T6 R-Design

Volvo’s not walking away from safety as their major brand differentiator. Indeed, this column recently featured the 2012 Volvo S60 T5, giving much attention to Adaptive Cruise Control, the latest in point-and-shoot safety technology. (It’s a safety innovation that saves us from those type-As who still text and drive from … Read More

The New Wave of Female Actions Heroes

You’ve heard the buzz. The first five minutes of Haywire see a friendly chat in a diner erupt into the kind of head-bashing, floor-grappling brawl you’d expect to see at your local ‘Fight Club.’ In this case, though, the prime ass-kicker is female and, if those first five minutes are … Read More

Why Women Love Twilight

You know Twilight. Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular vampire book, and the film adaptation, starring Robert Pattinson, has had teenage girls – and 20-somethings, and 30-somethings, and beyond – swooning and obsessing for months. The book outsold all others last year, and the film’s opening weekend was the biggest ever for … Read More

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