(Wall Street Journal – Jess Bravin and Nathan Koppel) *Lead Story*

Illinois gets downgraded by Moody’s

(Hot Air – Ed Morrissey) *Must Read*

CBO: ObamaCare-Like Programs Don’t Save Money or Reduce Costs

(CNS News – Matt Cover)

Red-Lighting Photo Traffic Enforcement

(American Spectator – Ross Kaminsky)

Police Developing Tech to Virtually Frisk People from 82 Feet Away

(Time – Keith Wagstaff) *Must Read*

The Virtual Jackboot

(Reason Foundation – Steven Titch)

Obamacare Will Mandate Free Coverage of Abortion Drug & Contraception Without Religious Exemption

(Weekly Standard – John McCormack)

This Is America’s Moment, If Washington Doesn’t Blow It

(Forbes – Joel Kotkin)

Lawmakers seek to undo pipeline denial

(Fuel Fix – Puneet Kollipara)

Bankrupt Solyndra Caught Destroying Brand New Parts

(CBS San Francisco – Elizabeth Cook)

Paul: American exceptionalism does not justify overseas intervention

(Daily Caller – Paul Conner)

Gingrich ambushed by House bank attack

(Washington Times – Susan Crabtree)

Dems propose ‘Reasonable Profits Board’ to regulate oil company profit

(The Hill – Pete Kasperowicz) *Must Read*

Romney plays character card on eve of S.C. primary

(Washington Examiner – Brian Hughes)

Santorum makes bid for middle ground in South Carolina

(Reuters – Samuel P. Jacobs and Colleen Jenkins)

The college racket, This bubble needs to burst

(New York Post – Linda Chavez)

(Washington Times – Sean Lengell and Susan Crabtree) *Lead Story*

Congresswoman: NC ‘flushed’ $200M ‘down the toilet,’ feds will pick up tab

(Daily Caller – Nicholas Ballasy) *Must Read*

Still No Justice For Brian Terry

(Big Government – Mary Chastain)

Obama Officials Permit Trashing of Parks by Occupiers

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

Global Warming: Has China Had a Change of Heart or Just a Change of Strategy?

(Energy Tribune – Marita Noon)

Obama abandons demand for millionaire tax

(Washington Examiner – Hayley Peterson)

Battle Flag Comes Down in Baghdad

(Wall Street Journal – Julian E. Barnes and Nathan Hodge)

Unions harass teacher who dared to speak up in support of Scott Walker

(Hot Air – Tina Korbe)

Report: Half of Schools Fail Federal Standards, Duncan Blames ‘No Child Left Behind’

(The Blaze – Tiffany Gabbay)

Coda: Code for a Trojan horse

(Los Angeles Times – Greg Autry and Peter Navarro) *Bonus Story*

Time Stops at Nothing

(American Spectator – Andrew Cline)

Keystone Blue-Collar Blues

(National Review – Larry Kudlow)

Military given go-ahead to detain US terrorist suspects without trial

(Guardian UK – Chris McGreal)

Vladimir Putin lashes out at America

(Daily Telegraph UK – Andrew Osborn)

Dem Senators Say 1st Amendment Doesn’t Protect ‘Fraudulent Speech’; Bill Would Outlaw Misleading Election Info

(CNS News – Matt Cover) *Must Read*

(Washington Examiner – Bryon York) *Lead Story*

The Divider vs. the Thinker

(Wall Street Journal – Peggy Noonan) *Must Read*

Report: Obama’s College Loan Plan Would Save Avg. Borrower…’Between $4.50 and $7.75 per Month’

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

Obama’s Student Loan Bailout

(Human Events – John Hayward)

Boehner Won’t Rule Out ‘Balanced Budget Amendment’ That Permits Unlimited Federal Spending

(CNS News – Matt Cover) *Must Read*

Why Barack Obama is the decline and despair president

(Daily Telegraph UK – Nile Gardiner)

Cheniere to Export LNG: The Beginning of a New Energy Era

(Energy Tribune – Micheal J. Economides)

Truisms of a Financial Crisis

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

Herman Cain, the black Barry Goldwater

(Washington Times – Jeffrey T. Kuhner)

Justice Dept. proposes lying, hiding existence of records under new FOIA rule

(Daily Caller – C.J. Ciaramella)

Racism claim won’t silence Obama critics

(Detroit News – Nolan Finley)

Flat Tax This: Regulations Are the Boot On Hiring’s Neck

(Forbes – Wayne Crews)

Obamacare Declares War On Doctors

(dickmorris.com – Dick Morris and Eileen McGann)

Teachers’ Union Fat Cats

(American Spectator – Rishawn Biddle)

Our Libyan Adventure, Qaddafi’s dictatorship was preferable to an Islamist Libya.

(National Review – Andrew C. McCarthy)

Warning sounded on red-light camera programs

(Philadelphia Inquirer – Paul Nussbaum)

Dueling Tax Plans In the GOP

(Real Clear Markets – Diana Furchtgott-Roth)

Wow: Obama Administration Pushing for Solar Projects on Public Lands

(Townhall – Erika Johnsen) *Must Read*

(Washington Times – Ashish Kumar Sen) *Lead Story*

Rhode Island gives in-state tuition to illegal immigrant students

(Los Angeles Times – Tina Susman) *Must Read*

Christie’s Liabilities, Five reasons for conservative concern

(National Review – Daniel Foster)

Angry, Stoned, Clueless Leftist Mobs ‘Occupy Wall Street’

(Human Events – Jason Mattera)

Obamacare Has Increased Cost of Health Insurance, Says Kaiser Foundation

(CNS News – Matt Cover) *Must Read*

NYT: Palin’s sudden silence could mean …

(Hot Air – Ed Morrissey)

Report: Ford Pulls Anti-Bailout Ad After Pressure From Obama Admin.

(The Blaze – Jonathon M. Seidl)

Media Kill Truth in Death Penalty Coverage

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

What American ‘Political Prisoners’?

(Wall Street Journal – James Kirchick)

Scarborough: People Shocked By Fox’s Political Agenda Ignore Democrats Used Media This Way for 30 Years

(NewsBusters – Noel Sheppard) *Must Read*

(Washington Times – Stephen Dinan) *Lead  Story*

Skipping Violent Talk on the Left

(NewsBusters – L. Brent Bozell)

Rhode Island Pension System Collapsing

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

Your right to record the police

(Hot Air – Jazz Shaw)

Coming soon: The IRS will do your taxes for you

(Daily Caller – Matt Lewis) *Must Read*

With 24 Days Left in Fiscal Year 2011, Congress Has Passed Zero Funding Bills

(CNS News – Matt Cover)

Petraeus Reprises Sisyphus

(American Spectator – Jed Babbin)

Credibility on the Decline

(National Review – Victor Davis Hanson) *Must Read*

Gingrich and Cain Perform Exceptionally at Palmetto Freedom Forum

(Human Events – Tony Lee)