Conservative think tank AEI hosted secret meeting with liberal groups on carbon taxation

(Washington Examiner  – Sean Higgins) *Lead Story*

Boehner Dodges Question of Whether He Will Fund or Defund Obamacare

(CNS News – Kendra Alleynne) *Must Read*

Why didn’t Obama address the NAACP? Maybe he didn’t want to get booed.

(AEI Ideas – Marc Thiessen)

Mitt Romney Should Be Bashing The Fed, Not China

(Forbes – Louis Woodhill)

It’s Not the Clinton Economy Anymore

(American Spectator – W. James Antle, III)

83% of doctors consider quitting because of ObamaCare

(Human Events – John Hayward) *Must Read*

Japan-China Spat Heating Up

(American Interest -  Walter Russell Mead)

This California City Will Charge $225 For Anyone Needing a Paramedic

(The Blaze – Jason Hawerton)

Reid: Burn ‘Made in China’ USA Uniforms

(Wall Street Journal – Corey Boles)

Democrats Now Claiming Romney Lied About His Bain Departure, Facts Disagree

(Townhall – Guy Benson)

Russian general who threatened preemptive U.S. attacks to meet Dempsey on missile defense

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill Gertz)

Treaty Overboard: Just Three More ‘No’ Vows Needed to Block Law of the Sea

(PJ Media – Bridget Johnson)

Congresswoman demands investigation into millions of taxpayer dollars used for Disney World conference

(Daily Caller – Matthew Boyle)

Wiedemer: Further Fed Easing Won’t Prevent US Recession

(Money News – Forrest Jones and Kathleen Walter)

Fed Bet Obama Would Be Fiscally Responsibe—And Lost

(Investor’s Business Daily – Mike Cosgrove)

Irony of Ironies: Europe Switches to Coal as US Gas Glut Reduces Emissions

(Energy Tribune – Peter C. Glover)

Russia’s plan to use regional organizations as levers in Central Asia has some flaws

(The Diplomat -Richard Weitz)

Government just keeps going and going

(Charleston Daily Mail – Don Surber)

The Worldwide Debt Culture

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

Using eminent domain to fix bad mortgages would cause more problems than it would solve

(City Journal – Nicole Gelinas) *Must Read*