The Shelves Are Bare and the Poor Pay for Your War
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This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
He sold the reserve, restarted the war, and sent the bill to the pump.
This cartoon ran with The Shelves Are Bare and the Poor Pay for Your War.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- United States, Iran, Andy Lipow, Denton Cinquegrana, Matt Smith
- Themes
- oil markets, US-Iran conflict, energy security, supply disruptions
- Floor values engaged
- Informed citizenship, Truthfulness, Accountability of power