Pain at the Pump

• Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?

  Iraq

  Michael T. Klare: Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?

• Fuel: Our Unhealthy Obsession With Oil

  Oil

  YouTube : A new documentary explores how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's and the world's addictive dependence on fossil fuels.

• It's Official--The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over

  Oil

  Michael T. Klare: For the first time, the US Energy Department has conceded that peak oil is the new norm.

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• Abortion Battle Puts Health Reform at Risk

  Health Care Policy

  Countdown : Nation editor Christopher Hayes is "infuriated" by the last-minute add-on that prohibits coverage for abortion in the House health plan.

• Olbermann on Going Rouge

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Sarah Palin "companion" book Going Rouge, edited by Nation staffers Betsy Reed and Richard Kim.

• Right-Wing Ponders Overthrow of Obama

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : The Nation's Christopher Hayes weighs in on of the recent "treasonous rhetoric from the right" and the danger that it could lead to real violence.