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• 04/16/2012 -- Ahmadinejad speech sets edgy tone for nuclear meeting
  Iran raised the stakes of an important meeting about its nuclear plans by insulting Arabs and picking a new fight over islands in the Strait of Hormuz.
• 04/20/2012 -- YPF expropriation clouds the allure of Argentine shale
  On its way down the proverbial slippery slope toward economic statism, Argentina has laid claim to oil and gas assets worth, oh, $18 billion or so.
• 04/27/2012 -- Gasoline price crude prop shows signs of stress
  Gasoline demand this summer in the United States will be at its lowest level in 11 years while the price sets a record high. What gives?
• 05/04/2012 -- Here's the economic spark Obama needs to win reelection
  New job numbers, crackling with political context, suggest a potent move President Barack Obama might make in his bid for reelection—but almost certainly will not.
• 05/14/2012 -- Energy delusions aggravate European economic problems
  Political revolt against fiscal austerity underscores laws governing energy and money to which European leaders should pay more heed: Neither can be created from nothing.
• 05/25/2012 -- US regulatory costs amplify pressure of the mammoth deficit
  With annual spending by the US government approaching $4 trillion and the federal deficit exceeding a quarter of that, why worry about an extra trillion bucks or two in regulatory costs?
• 06/01/2012 -- World seen better at handling hikes in the price of oil
  The world has increased its resilience to increases in the price of oil, according to a researcher at the International Monetary Fund.
• 06/15/2012 -- President promises to keep his doomed vision on energy
  US President Barack Obama made clear on June 15 his determination to continue emphasizing government spending and discouraging resource development in pursuit of energy-industry jobs.
• 06/22/2012 -- RAND study offers US military useful guidance on energy
  Because its biggest energy problem is price rather than supply, the US military should concentrate on lowering consumption rather than developing renewable sources.
• 06/29/2012 -- Tax confusion dogs politics of health care and gasoline
  The oil and gas industry can relate to confusion over what constitutes a tax, which figured prominently in the historic Jule 28 decision by the US Supreme Court upholding health-care reform.