Don't use css or table layout, use Sass and Compass
http://gom-jabbar.org/articles/2009/02/04/don-t-use-css-or-table-layout-use-sass-ad-compass

An introduction to Sass, a templating engine for CSS.

Sass could potentially be called CSS 2.0; it has some really nifty features that allow you to write your code in less time and with more flexibility. In today's article, we will be working the basics!

Whether you are a CSS expert or newbie, a programmer or a designer, you need abstractions to quickly and effectively build and maintain the design of your website.

I’ve seen a number of comments on blogs and twitter that amount to “You don’t need a new stylesheet syntax, CSS is simple and you’re a moron if you can’t do it.” I agree, CSS is simple. You assign style primitives to elements and some of those primitives cascade down to the elements contained within. I get it. It’s simple to understand. But CSS is not simple to use or maintain. It’s time for stylesheets to evolve so that we can take web design to the next level. Over the past few years the development of JavaScript frameworks have brought sanity to coding against the DOM – optimizing common coding tasks through the creation of abstractions than insulate us from the nitty-gritty details and providing a common platform for third-party libraries to rely on. As a result, it’s a very nice time to be a front-end programmer. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve bitched about DOM incompatibilities – long enough to almost forget how much work it used to be. It’s also a very nice time to be a

Nice read, I'm still a little undecided although I have to admit that he does have a point, chances are high that this will make site maintenance easier. Specially skinning a big site. However, we have to admit that the current problem he cited will continue on -- abstraction or not.

"Now, don’t get me wrong. I am sure CSS has many more years ahead of it, but Sass and languages like it are the future."