Here Are the 23 ‘Executive Actions’ Obama Will Be Taking on Guns

(The Blaze – Jonathon M. Seidl) *Lead Story*

GOP responds to gun grab

(Human Events – John Hayward) *Must Read*

U.S. citizens among hostages seized in Algeria as France battles Islamists in neighboring Mali

(Washington Post – Edward Cody, Debbi Wilgoren, and Craig Whitlock)

The Government Gives, The Government Has Taken Away

(Energy Tribune – Marita Noon)

Piling On: The Year in Regulation

(American Action Forum – Sam Batkins)

Cut the Credits

(Washington Free Beacon – CJ Ciaramella)

Parents furious over suspensions for finger “guns”

(Hot Air – Ed Morrissey)

Af-Pak Chaos Creates Immense Problem for Obama

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Obama gun order triples Cabinet agencies required to track guns

(Washington Examiner – Paul Bedard) *Must Read*

Syria Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says

(Wired – Noah Shachtman)

The 2nd Amendment Is What Makes The Other Nine Possible

(Forbes – Bill Flax)

The Problem With the ‘Public Health Research on Gun Violence’ That Obama Wants You to Pay For

(Reason – Jacob Sullum)

You haven’t seen America ’til you’ve seen it from a subsidized train

(AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis)

Top Senate Democrat warns against police use of drones

(Washington Times – Stephen Dinan)

Prosecutor in Aaron Swartz ‘hacking’ case comes under fire

(CNET – Declan McCullagh)

PA Hospital to Stop Delivering Babies Due to Obamacare

(Breitbart – Wynton Hall)

Small Business Hates Obama’s Washington

(Weekly Standard – Fred Barnes)

Lost without a map: Despite a globalized society, university students can’t locate the Atlantic Ocean

(National Post – Joe O’Connor)

Swedish heavy metal man: ‘I’m still addicted’

(The Local.se – David Landes)

Horse meat found in burgers — traces of pig, too

(Christian Science Monitor – Raphael Satter)

Texas, Missouri Join Other States Looking To Block Gun Bans

(Tenth Amendment Center – Mike Maharrey)

The key to increasing upward mobility is expanding vocabulary.

(City Journal – E.D. Hirsch Jr.) *Must Read*