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How Low Will Oil Prices Go?

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

The national average price of gasoline has fallen to $2.22 and the price of a barrel of oil has fallen to near $56. Now, with the slowing global economy, will oil prices continue to fall? Some factors point to yes: 1. U.S. promises to drill more may flatten oil prices. 2. ...

The End of Oil

Friday, June 27th, 2008

With oil prices topping new records almost every day this would be a good time for me to say "I told you so" several years ago when I was soap-boxing heavily about the doomed future of depending on a finite resource. But I won't gloat. My warnings in the past ...

It’s The Economy, Stupid

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Will we address it with patriotism or greed? I consider myself to be a patriotic American. And I'm going to optimistically assume that the majority of my fellow Americans who share in supporting some form of rebate initiative for stimulating our slipping economy are also patriotic Americans. I don't see any other ...

A Nuclear Iran

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

When permanent United Nations Security Council members China and Russia balked at tough language that threatened economic sanctions or military action against Iran if it refused to cease uranium enrichment, the Security Council issued a stern "formal statement" that read--in essence--"Iran, if you don't stop your nuclear program we'll be ...

Immigration

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

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