USA TODAYChristi Craddick: Texas oil queenUSA TODAYThe future of U.S. energy and the dawn of its energy independence is happening here, in a state whose economy — the second biggest in the country — is run in large part by oil and gas. In Texas, oil is kin …

TIMEThe Real (and Troubling) Reason Behind Lower Oil PricesTIMEThe other day, I had lunch with Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets for Morgan Stanley Asset Management and chief of macroeconomics for the bank, who posited a fascinating idea: the major f …