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Suspending federal gas tax wouldn't save drivers as much as they might hope – here's what goes into the price of a gallon of gas -- Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization -- Michael Childers, Colorado State University

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