Obama wants $52 million to crack down on oil speculation

(Washington Times – Susan Crabtree) *Lead Story*

Did Buffett Help Obama Kill Keystone Pipeline to Reap Financial Gain?

(The Blaze – Tiffany Gabbay) *Must Read*

Forth Worth to ban the hiring of smokers?

(Daily Caller – Kalyn McMackin)

Democratic Senate budget chairman reverses course, will not offer budget this year

(Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Stiles)

Obama a Threat to Low Cost Gas

(Energy Tribune – Gordon Tomb)

Hyatt Hotel Money Funds War on Free Speech

(American Spectator – Jeffrey Lord)

Illinois Shows What Not to Do

(City Journal – Steven Malanga)

Post Blue Jobs: Part Two

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead) *Must Read*

Another Internet Piracy Bill Introduced

(PJ Media – Patrick Richardson)

GSA scandal: Does agency have culture of waste, fraud, and abuse?

(Christian Science Monitor – Peter Grier)

The Telescope: Buffett Baloney

(A Line of Sight – Bob Beauprez)

DOE-Backed Solar Company Lays Off Workers. Is There an Echo in Here?

(Townhall – Erika Johnsen)

Can Wal-Mart Scale L.A.’s Great Wall of Regulation?

(Reason Magazine – Charles C. Johnson)

WaPo: We really didn’t want that story about Obamacare adding to the deficit to go viral

(Hot Air – Tina Korbe)

Ron Paul gets a boost at Yakima County GOP Convention

(Yakima Herald-Republic – Mike Faulk)

Who is Hilary Rosen?

(Pittsburgh Gazette-Post – Jack Kelly)

Former GM Vice Chairman: ‘I Would Raise The Fuel Tax 25 Cents a Gallon Per Year’

(CNS News – Patrick Burke)

Stop Treating The Symptoms, Cure ‘Too Big To Fail’ Disease

(Investor’s Business Daily – Camden R. Fine)

Wisconsin’s Property Taxes Drop for First Time in 12 Years

(Weekly Standard – John McCormick)

American manned space program now a museum piece

(American Thinker – Rick Moran)

Driver’s Ed for Would-Be Food Truck Entrepreneurs

(Bloomberg – John Tozzi)

Santorum declines to endorse Mitt Romney

(Orange County Register – Seema Mehta)

AP Downplays Bad News About Housing Starts and Removes It From Headline

(NewsBusters – Tom Blumer) *Must Read*