Today the editor’s look: Time: Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Scattered fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Sunday evening: Mainly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds westerlies 5 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.

The 7th Annual Native American Festival is at Princess Place Preserve, 2500 Princess Place Road, Palm Coast, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $10 per person, children 12 and under FREE! See the full program here.

The Oscars are tonight at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and on ABC TV. Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are all hosts. 8 p.m.

Especially: Ralph Nader is 88 years old today. George W. Bush will not fail to send him his best wishes, as always.

US oil prices rally amid standoff with Russia, according to daily infographics from Statista: “Because Russia is a major producer of oil and natural gas, sanctions against the country or deliberate disruption of Russia as the conflict continues is expected to lead to energy shortages, in turn driving up prices. in the world market. U.S.-produced West Texas Intermediate crude oil briefly traded above $100 a barrel on Thursday morning before easing back to around $95. While U.S. oil production has made progress using the controversial method of fracking, higher domestic production does not currently insulate U.S. energy supply from large price swings in international markets. An oil price of around $100 a barrel is the highest WTI has seen since late 2014. That year, prices peaked at $107 in June before crashing in mid-2014. oversupply caused in part by the new US zeal for fracking, again showing that energy independence does not currently guarantee stable prices.

Now this:

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“In marches, in crowds, in football matches and in war, outlines become vague; real things become unreal and a fog creeps over the mind. Tension and excitement, weariness, movement, all merge into a big gray dream, so that when it’s over, it’s hard to remember what it was like when you killed men or ordered them killed. Then other people who weren’t there tell you what it was like and you vaguely say, “Yeah, I guess that was it. ”

–Steinbeck, “The moon is down.” Steinbeck was born on this day in 1902.

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