There’s a parallel for the current Gulf oil leak

There’s no denying the oil leak at the Deepwater Horizon well is an ecological nightmare, and it’s certainly not unprecedented, but while some on the left and the right have been critical of the Obama administration’s handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak (including yours truly, to some extent), it’s…

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Sunday news & notes

After pumping more than 1.2 million gallons of drilling mud into the crippled Deepwater Horizon oil well in an attempt to plug its leak, BP executives admitted yesterday the “top kill” had failed, leaving efforts to plug the leak back at square one. Actor Dennis Hopper, star of “Easy Rider”…

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