by Brendan Zehner | Sep 30, 2013 | Monitor
On Tuesday, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted a briefing entitled: “Trillion-dollar problem: How oil dependency drives US debt.” AEI’s Benjamin Zycher moderated the event and Kenneth Blackwell, a professor at Liberty University, introduced the topic. ...
by Rory Johnston | Jul 25, 2013 | Monitor
There is something about competing for a prize that drives people to do previously unthinkable things. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew non-stop from New York City to Paris, securing his place in history and spurring an unprecedented interest in aviation. What is less...
by William Joyce | Jun 4, 2013 | Monitor
Weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and cyber crime are in the headlines as significant threats to our national security. However, over the next twenty to thirty years, America’s overwhelming dependence on oil presents subtler, although no less serious, threats...
by Consensus for American Security | Jul 12, 2012 | Monitor
Lt. General Norman Seip (Ret.), 12th Air Force Commander Our military’s single point of failure is its dependence on oil to support nearly all of its transportation needs. As the single largest purchaser of petroleum-based fuel in the world, burning through about...
