In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Ann Mesnikoff hails the government’s plans to strengthen fuel-efficiency standards and Jim Hightower laments a “loopy crusade” against energy-efficient light bulbs. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.

1. Paving the Way to 60 Miles per Gallon / Ann Mesnikoff
2. Let’s ‘Make Them’ End the Great Recession / Mazher Ali
3. Thrifty, Green Homeowners May Get a Boost / Andrew Korfhage
4. High Noon in Washington / John Wright
5. You Can’t Milk a Butter Cow / Donald Kaul
6. Dim Bulbs in Congress / Jim Hightower
7. Muslims Don’t Have a Monopoly on Terrorism / William A. Collins
8. Terrorism in the Eye of the Beholder / Khalil Bendib