Can it get any worse? Yes, it can. But, right now, the price of oil is surging again, now over $126 a barrel, on concerns about Venezuela. This trend, along with (and partly the cause of) rising food prices, threatens to precipitate a global crisis, as governments line up to impose ill-conceived controls and barriers to free trade.

In the department of even more bad news, Hezbollah has now overrun West Beirut. Will Hezbollah take over Lebanon, or will another civil war ensue? Either path looks dark, indeed.

Want more bad news? In Mexico, a top federal police official is gunned down. Is Mexico coming apart at the seams?

David Brooks writes about the political shift that seems to be taking place in Great Britain, where the Conservatives are on the rise.

Jay Cost thinks that Hillary is not out of it yet. Charles Krauthammer thinks otherwise.

Noted Liberal radio talk host Bernie Ward admits to child pornography charges.