The United States needs a comprehensive energy program with a broad "do it all" approach, so the president's offshore energy decision is a step in the right direction.

In Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis (Regnery, September 2008), AEI senior fellow and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich lays out a plan for cutting high gas prices and reducing America’s long-term dependence on foreign oil.

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Gingrich argues that the pinch Americans are feeling at the pump is not a blip in the economy but a looming crisis.

While domestic drilling in the short term may not contribute to lower gas prices later on, there may be surprising benefits for the environment.

Despite the recent Deepwater Horizon disaster, offshore drilling is an opportunity that we cannot afford to squander, as our energy security and economic growth depend on it.

President Obama's decision to allow a little offshore drilling can best be described as too little, too late, and for the wrong reasons.

Americans probably respond more to gasoline prices because tanking up is a uniquely painful experience.