(Los Angeles Times – Maeve Reston and Michael Finnegan) *Lead Story*

China gets jump on U.S. for Brazil’s oil

(Washington Times – Kelly Hearn) *Must Read*

Gingrich’s ex-wife claims he wanted ‘open marriage

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

The GOP’s Suicide March

(National Review – Charles Krauthammer)

Keystone XL: Voting for the Stone Age

(Forbes – Warren Meyer)

Re-Election Obsessed Obama Goes Political On Keystone

(Investor’s Business Daily – Robert J. Samuelson) *Must Read*

Higher Taxes to Appease the Zombies

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

US government hits Megaupload with mega piracy indictment

(Guardian UK – Matt Williams)

Fox News Hires Soros-funded Activist

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

Gingrich releases his tax returns during the GOP debate in SC

(The Hill – Jonathan Easley)

Will Media Report Bain Capital Contributes More to Democrats Than Republicans?

(NewsBusters – Noel Sheppard)

Fake-gun fine unreal, 30G penalty forcing B’klyn store to close

(New York Post – Dan Mangan)

How Many Jobs Did Romney Create at Bain?

(The American – Steve Kaplan)

The State of MI pension funds may take the fall for faltering film studio

(Detroit News – Nolan Finley)

SOPA, Guns, and Freedom

(PJ Media – Paul Hsieh)

Al Qaeda terror training manual found at Gitmo

(The American – Marc Thiessen) *Must Read*

(CNET – Declan McCullagh) *Lead Story*

Obama Scissorhands

(American Spectator – Jed Babbin) *Must Read*

Private Equity and Creative Destruction

(PJ Media – David P. Goldman)

Does God Care Who Wins Football Games?

(Wall Street Journal – Fran Tarkenton)

Chamber of Commerce to Obama: You ‘Missed the Biggest In-Sourcing Opportunity’ –Keystone Pipeline

(CNS News – Penny Star)

Petroleum Prices Set Records in 2011

(Energy Tribune – Geoffrey Styles)

Thanks To Ron Paul, Libertarianism Will Get Its Due

(Investor’s Business Daily – Charles Krauthammer)

Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media

(Reuters – Mark Hosenball)

Adopting Pro-Sharia Textbooks, When states should step in.

(Family Security Matters – Alyssa A. Lappen)

Washington’s High Minimum Wage Stifles Job Creation

(Washington Policy Center – Erin Shannon)

Free booze for alcoholics makes perfect logic, but no sense

(National Post – Barbara Kay)

South Carolina may be Perry’s Alamo in GOP race

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

NBC Touts Gordon Gekko Impersonator Greeting Romney in South Carolina

(NewsBusters – Kyle Drennen)

The States Will Lose on Medicaid

(National Review – Michael S. Greve)

$25 Billion Prize Could Drive Next Great Leap by Car Companies

(Newsmax – Bradley Brakeman)

Extra NY tax revenue all smoke and furors

(New York Post – John Crudele)

Here’s to cutting uncompetitive state taxes

(Charleston Daily Mail – Hoppy Kercheval) *Must Read*

(Washington Times – David Sherfinski) *Lead Story*

Navy Biofuel Deal is ‘Cost Prohibitive,’ ‘Another Solyndra,’ Critics Say

(CNS News – Fred Lucas) *Must Read*

Inside Game?

(Daily Caller – Matt Lewis)

Blame Florida for the GOP’s holiday craziness

(Washington Examiner – Byron York)

Iowa and the Future of the GOP

(Wall Street Journal – David Yepsen) *Must Read*

Court: New Jersey nurses don’t have to assist with abortions

(Hot Air – Tina Korbe)

What Government Really Is

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

Go Daddy Retracts Support for SOPA

(Forbes – Daniel Nye Griffiths)

China’s growth model tests its limits

(Daily Telegraph UK – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)

Washington’s marching morons launch full retreat

(National Post – Charles Krauthammer) *Must Read*

Newt is under attack by many of Mitt’s supporters. In this case Krauthammer is right.

Stay Informed
Tom

H/T to Breitbart TV.

(Wall Street Journal – Dante Chinni) *Lead Story*

The Idea of America

(Daily Reckoning – Jeffrey Tucker) *Must Read*

Military advocates decry ‘illegal’ early terminations of 157 Air Force majors

(Daily Caller – Caroline May)

Paul popular, but often dismissed in race

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

The Grover Norquist tax myth

(Washington Post – Charles Krauthammer) *Must Read*

The War on Police

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

Emission Controls: The Exodus Begins

(Energy Tribune – Peter C. Glover)

China Open to Canadian Oil

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Pepper-Spraying Taxpayers, “Diversity” boondoggles are the real scandal.

(National Review – Heather Mac Donald)