A Big Surprise On Gas

You may not believe it, but fuel is more affordable than it was during the
early'60s.

Barack Obama thinks the government should intervene on gas prices to "give families some relief," and last week called for releasing 70 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. John McCain proposes an end to the ban on offshore drilling and has pushed for a gas-tax holiday because "we need it, we need it very badly."

Full-text article by Indur M. Gorklany and Jerry Taylor is available via the Los Angeles Times, 8.11.08.