Joel Achenbach, with all the news you need to know:
President Bush has taken advantage of the Senate recess to appoint John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations. He has also appointed his daughters, Barbara and Jenna, as ambassadors to the Turks and Caicos, respectively. He is considering using his powers to enact a “recess tax cut” on the wealthy, but denies rumors that he is on the verge of a “recess invasion” of Cuba.
Oil prices spiked to 61 dollars a barrel on the news [of King Fahd’s death], though I know a place in Virginia where you can still get it for just 57. It’s worth the drive.
My own strategy for dealing with gas prices is to put $20 in the car every time I go to the gas station. That way, gas prices are steady. They do not fluctuate in the slightest. Why no one else has caught onto this, and why the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy refuses to take my calls, is a mystery.