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Typically, I enjoy Joel Pett's cartoons, but the one published Dec. 29 about crude-oil economics shows that he is a far better cartoonist than illustrator of economic facts.

Farai Chideya talks with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, NPR Africa correspondent, for a news update from the continent. South African Muslims protest cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, and new oil ...