





A record and a threat in the same seven days. Tuesday nineteen million barrels move in a single day and the world is a much safer place. Wednesday the pump prices are not falling as fast as the oil is, and the lawyers are sent after the companies. Thursday the enemy at home is named: the Communists are finally making their move, and he has been waiting for it. Friday four drones are fired at ships in the waterway he guarantees. Saturday the aircraft answer, and the sentence at the end of that post says the country on the other side may cease to exist. And on Monday the Court hands him the thing no president has held in ninety years.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 576. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
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