As the economy slowly makes headway on its anemic recovery, Americans continue to face a substantial burden on their household budgets in the form of escalating gas prices.  Prices for crude oil, which contribute substantially to growth in the price of gasoline, have risen sharply during the years of the Obama administration, and many predict they will continue to rise into the near future, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute. On January 20, 2009, when Mr. [...]