In his column today, Holman Jenkins levels another blast at the ethanol industry. The writing is hot and savory:

“Ethanol lobbyists like to pretend they’re the front line against OPEC and Middle Eastern terrorists. Their real goal is to create a high-cost outpost of OPEC in the Midwest — call it Cornistan — dependent on high oil prices and an endless conveyor of subsidies and protectionism delivered via the clout of rural interests in the U.S. Senate.”

Read the whole thing.