Israel Hamas conflict: ceasefire a sign of Middle East’s new political reality

(Daily Telegraph UK – Damien McElroy and Richard Spencer) *Lead Story*

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns

(Daily Caller – Caroline May) *Must Read*

Graham dismisses race charges in fight over Rice’s Benghazi role

(Washington Times – David Sherfinski)

Unholy Trio: Gun Control, the UN and Obama

(Townhall – Susan Brown)

Documents: Govt. Took 684 Days to Issue Meningitis Warning

(Breitbart – Wynton Hall)

EPA Teaching Guide Tells Non-English Speakers to Spy on Neighbors, Workplace

(CNS News – Penny Star)

Community Banks Face a Regulatory Cliff

(American Spectator – John Berlau)

GOP ignores low-information voters at their peril

(The Hill – Amelia Chasse)

Just 32 months later, Obama administration tells us what ObamaCare plans must have in them

(Hot Air – Mary Katherine Ham)

Rick Scott caves to health exchange, but other GOP-led states hang tough

(Human Events – Neil W. McCabe)

GOP pols urging leadership to conduct budget negotiations in public

(Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Stiles)

Pentagon vs. Al Qaeda: Panetta hints at shifting US tactics

(Christian Science Monitor – Anne Mulrine)

Terry Branstad: Time to kill Iowa Straw Poll

(Washington Post – Rachel Weiner)

In a new paper, Fed again declines to admit its role in the Great Recession

(AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis)

Huff-Post Asks: ‘Will MSNBC Hold Obama Accountable in Second Term?’

(NewsBusters – Tim Graham)

Detroit City Council Fiddles While City Burns

(PJ Media – Rick Moran)

New Health Rules Show Obamacare Will Raise Costs

(Newsmax – Bill Hoffman)

Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn Wants Citizens to Do … Something? … About State Pension Crisis

(Reason – Scott Shackford)

When it comes to trade with China, we are all hypocrites now

(National Post – Andrew Coyne)

How Government “Works”

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

Why Was There War In Gaza? Hamas Lives To Destroy Israel

(Investor’s Business Daily – Charles Krauthammer) *Must Read*