By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
A return to 1970s-era gas rationing seemed to help with hourslong gas station lines that formed after Superstorm Sandy, but it didn't end a fuel-gauge fixation that suddenly has become a way of life for drivers in the nation's largest city.
The soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in a nighttime rampage in Afghanistan returned to his base wearing a cape and with the blood of his victims on his rifle, belt, shirt and pants, a military prosecutor said Monday.
You may pay more than ever for a late-summer drive.
A major fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries that put scores of people in the hospital with breathing problems will push gas prices above $4 a gallon on the West Coast, analysts said Tuesday.
Gasoline is now over $4 per gallon in four states and Washington, D.C., as a three-month surge in pump prices continues.
![Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign promise to get gas back down to $2 a gallon if she's elected has created skepticism among energy industry experts. "Many [politicians] will say or do just about anything to get elected," said Robert Rapier of Consumer Energy Report. (Associated Press)](http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2011/08/23/20110823-215227-pic-876640499_s101x65.jpg?315bd4d25c31152ae3aa452812c050925e084e73)
Many energy industry experts are skeptical of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign promise to get gas back down to $2 a gallon if she's elected.
Two weeks after the U.S. and other oil-importing nations took action that knocked down the price of oil to almost $90 a barrel, it's back around $100. And gas pump prices, which had dropped since May, are up about a nickel since Friday.
Oil surged above $112 per barrel Friday following a drop in the dollar and continued jitters about shipments from the world's major oil suppliers.
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail gas prices rose overnight yesterday for the first time in more than a month as the closure of a Kansas refinery sent prices in the center of the country sharply higher. Oil futures, meanwhile, rose $1 a barrel to another 10-month high.
He said rationing earlier might have helped in New York City; New Jersey implemented it last week.
"It does curb some of the manic or panic behavior," Kloza said.
