Jim DeMint was the libertarian hero of the Senate

(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney) *Lead Story*

The coming carbon tax

(Hot Air – Jazz Shaw) *Must Read*

Boehner, Obama meet to discuss deficit deal

(The Hill – Kevin Bogardus)

Food stamp use reaches another high in September: 47.7 million participants

(Daily Caller – Caroline May)

Obama to accept corporate donations for inauguration, New York Times buries story

(Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Evans)

‘Study’ Claims Fox News Viewers Have Average IQ of 80

(PJ Media – Charlie Martin) *Must Read*

FT Columnist Advises: “Buy America”

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Newt Gingrich Schools Lawrence O’Donnell On Clinton Tax Hikes

(NewsBusters – Noel Sheppard)

GAO Report Confirms Pigford Designed for Undetectable Fraud

(Breitbart – Lee Stranahan)

FTC finds little as Google investigation concludes

(Human Events – John Hayward)

Move Over, Michigan, China Is The World’s Next Rust Belt

(Forbes – Gordon G. Chang)

Obama: No budging on higher tax rates

(Investor’s Business Daily – Andrew Malcolm)

Candy Crowley: No Regrets on that Misleading Fact-Check In Front of 65 Million People

(Townhall – Guy Benson)

No community programs at ‘Ground Zero’ mosque a year after the controversy

(New York Post – Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein)

Romanticizing Taxation, The irresistible temptation to spend other people’s money

(Reason – Sheldon Richman)

China needs to show it’s no threat; Canada’s oil patch needs to compete

(Globe and Mail – Wenran Jiang)

Little interest in renewing payroll-tax holiday

(Washington Times – Seth McLaughlin)

Socialist Senator says GOP Senate ‘undemocratic’ for resisting Obama

(American Thinker – Rick Moran)

Would-Be Internet Regulators Need Deleting

(Wall Street Journal – L. Gordon Crovitz)

Republican Rep. Boustany Defeats Landry for La. Congressional Seat

(Newsmax – Sandy Fitzgerald) *Must Read*