The Great Oil Fallacy (repost)

by John Q on January 1, 2014

Traditionally, in Australia at least, January is, or was, the time for reruns on TV. Keeping that tradition alive, I thought I would rerun some posts on topics that never seem to lose the interest of commenters. Interestingly, the discussion seems to change quite a bit from one posting to the next, though it rarely reaches a conclusion. Anyway, here’s one from last year, linking to a piece I published in The National Interest:

Update Probably worth reading the TNI article before commenting, as lots of points commonly made in comments are anticipated there.

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New Year’s Day open thread

by John Q on January 1, 2014

Post your thoughts on 2013 and hopes/fears/predictions for 2014