Gongol.com Archives: November 2018
November 24, 2018
What's behind the plunge in oil prices?
A whole bunch of factors, but a surge in US shale oil production, growing stockpiles, and high production levels from many suppliers (some of whom are intent on cutbacks) have all contributed to shifting prices lower.
British academic sentenced to life in prison for "spying" on UAE
Matthew Hedges says he was researching his Ph.D. in security. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, one wonders whether anyone who might be out to study the critical topic of security could do so if they had to fear for their own security from the states where they need to do their research.
Varsity Theater in Des Moines to close at year-end
The owner announced that the one-screen theater on the edge of the Drake University campus is shutting down on December 30th.
