I think of myself as a very reasonable man, and I don’t resort to the rant mode often. It requires lots of energy and sheds very little light. But with a watershed election just behind us, I’ve been thinking more than usual about the national policies of the United States, and there’s one huge issue that just drives me nuts. The issue is energy, and our national energy policy … or lack of one. And that’s a crime. After all, it’s not as if the high cost and limited supply of oil just sneaked up on us. Is our...
