The QT: Mongolian neo-Nazis, the irreplaceability of oil, and more

A veteran journalist, tongue firmly in cheek, riffs on the latest headlines

Smoke rises from oil-carrying tankers
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News Headline: "Ted Nugent: I might run for president in 2016"

Has it been 452 days since Nugent promised he would "either be dead or in jail by this time next year" if voters re-elected President Obama?

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Zay N. Smith is a Chicago writer. Before starting the QT column he worked at the Chicago Sun-Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent and writer of major features. He has also worked as a bartender, having played a key role in the 1978 Mirage Tavern investigation, in which the newspaper operated an undercover bar to document the breaking of many laws by many officials.