Consumers are enjoying the lowest retail gasoline prices in years, a welcome ray of light in an ever-darkening economic picture.
That’s good news for financially strapped American families and for the domestic auto industry, which has struggled to produce the high-mileage…

U.S. Representative and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO 7th) came in to have a chat with the Post-Dispatch editorial board today, discussing a wide range of election-year issues ranging from energy to health care to his take on the presidential race.

Energy

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If the economy is widely known to be the “#1 issue” in this election cycle, then the #2 issue could be energy. $4-a-gallon gasoline is routinely listed by voters as one of their top concerns. Recent polls have “energy” tied with…

The latest economic headlines conjure up memories of Jimmy Carter in a sweater. Inflation is up. Gasoline prices are hitting records. The economy is sputtering. The ayatollahs are misbehaving. If you change the channel, you almost expect to see the Fonz.

For…

The Brookings Institution’s Gregg Easterbrook, writing in the Wall Street Journal, has a thought-provoking piece today:

Democratic attacks on Mr. McCain and Republican attacks on Mr. Obama both seek to punish impermissibly positive thoughts. At a time when there exists a sense…

The prevailing notion today among most domestic economic and media observers is that the U.S. economy is in a recession — and most believe it will get worse before it gets better. But is that really the case?

Representing the prevailing view,…