All winter long, your car took a beating. There was salt; there was sand; there was that time you accidentally drove into a snow bank. Liquids are now dripping from your car's underside...

In quite a few municipalities, the onus is on homeowners (and building owners) to clear snow and ice from the sidewalks adjacent to their properties. In many of those cities, residents...

These are the two things you need to know about curb appeal: You have seven to ten seconds to make a first impression; details make up the whole. Paying particular attention to details...

Pools, and other water features like fountains and ponds, are pretty seriously inefficient when it comes to both electrical workings and water, so the most efficient thing to do is...

Concrete is some tough stuff. You start with a bag of gray looking sandy gravel mix, add some water, mix it and then pour or shape it to meet your needs. Later, after the chemical...

Granted, snow removal usually isn't something to write The Ethicist about, but like any outdoor activity that impacts the public and your neighbors, there are legitimate questions of...

Maybe you have some slippery front steps and Grandma's on her way over, or your '78 Camaro just can't make it up the driveway—and you happen to be clean out of magnesium chloride....

I learned to drive with an early-80s Mercury Zephyr, a car that symbolized virtually everything that was wrong with the American auto industry at the time. It was rear-wheel drive,...