BY FROMA HARROP My magic wand is on the fritz, otherwise we’d have a big, new federal program to free America from its dependence on oil. Like other environmentalists, I’m sad that the calamity in the Gulf of Mexico hasn’t spurred Washington to more vigorously promote America’s exit from this curse. The fault may lie with President Obama’s timidity, a public scared by major new government programs or fossil-fuel interests flashing their campaign dough. Probably […]