Washington Times by Thomas Pile.  While the nation's leaders focus on expanding government's role in our health care system, they are working simultaneously to chew away at another foundation of America's economic strength and our individual liberties -- affordable, reliable energy.  (Comment: It's hard to watch any more than a single ball being kept airborne by a great juggler; when we try to watch two or more balls, the whole activity turns into a blur.  Today, citizens are bombarded with so many juggled issues that it is easy to lose count [...]

  Financial Post.  The conversation in this town of 3,500 in the Western Arctic should be about aboriginal self-sufficiency, environmentally responsible Northern development and a new clean-energy storehouse with immense potential. After all, the proposed $16.2-billion Mackenzie Valley natural-gas pipeline project was supposed to be under construction by now.  Instead, the talk is about the regulatory bungling, federal government inaction and fading industry interest in what would be one of Canada's largest infrastructure projects.    *      Iranian News.  Nabucco Pipeline (wikipedia).  The main source of Nabucco's supply will be [...]