The Price of Oil, The Maddening Silence of The Press

In the past few years no commodity has played such havoc on our lives than has oil, and little has more directly touched the political and economic sinews of our era than the pernicious impact of the price of oil. It has penetrated everything from our governance, our foreign relations, our well being and most importantly our sense of personal destiny and our communal sense of the future. And yet, it is the one issue that has received little insightful analysis by our media other than a repetition of the oil patch mantra that prices are a reflection of the free interface of market forces.

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