Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Defense budget casualties light on civilian side

(Washington Times – Rowan Scarborough) Lead Story

Voter Anger Sweeps Europe, Sarkozy Out as Socialist Hollande Wins France

(Wall Street Journal – David Gauthier-Villars) Must Read

Labor Force Disappears in Obama’s Depression

(PJ Media – David P. Goldman)

The euro enigma

(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – John Browne)

Congress revisits fight over student loans

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

Peggy Noonan Schools David Corn: ‘When a President Wants to Make Something Happen, He Can’

(NewsBusters – Noel Sheppard)

Thanks, Obama, but wealth is not theft

(Boston Globe – Jeff Jacoby)

Much of the Capital in PPPs Comes from American Sources

(Reason Foundation – Baruch Feigenbaum)

Putin’s BRIC Power Play

(Forbes – Matthew Hulbert)

Ron Paul wins big in Maine and Nevada

(Christian Science Monitor – Brad Knickerbocker) Must Read

Why Businesses Aren’t Investing in the U.S.

(Townhall – Larry Kudlow)

Hill grapples over Keystone XL pipeline

(Human Events – Audrey Hudson)

9/11 Defense Attorney in Hijab Asks Court to Order Other Women to Wear ‘Appropriate’ Clothing

(The Blaze – Madeleine Morgenstern)

2012: The Race Tightens

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Is Fast and Furious the Next Watergate?

(Canada Free Press – Alan Caruba)

There’s austerity in Europe, all right — of the taxing sort

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Kyle Wingfield)

The U.S. Constitution deserves a fan base

(Charleston Daily Mail – Hoppy Kercheval) Must Read

Could the U.S. give up Mount Rushmore? Iconic site is on list of ‘sacred lands’ UN says must be returned to Native Americans

(Daily Mail UK – Snejana Farberov)

States of alarm on revenues

(New York Post – Terry Keenan

Recycling Eyeglasses Is a Feel-Good Waste of Money

(Bloomberg – Virginia Postrel)

N.S. school backs off from ban of student’s T-shirt with pro-Jesus message

(National Post – Megan O’Toole)

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Obama’s kick-off rallies downplay record, slam GOP

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) Lead Story

Anarchy at the Libertarian Party Convention

(Reason Hit & Run – Garrett Quinn and Mike Riggs) Must Read

Gary Johnson Wins Libertarian Nod for President

(Wall Street Journal – Danny Yadron)

Ron Paul’s forces infiltrate, state by state

(Politico – Maggie Haberman)

Warren ancestry claim puts light on corrupt system

(Washington Examiner – Michael Barone)

Tucker Carlson called ‘bow-tying white boy’ by Fox News contributor Jehmu Greene

(American Thinker – Thomas Lifson)

‘Not Really Set Up to Cover the Extreme Left’: Southern Poverty Law Center Explains Why it Doesn‘t Track Occupy as a ’Hate Group’

(The Blaze – Madeleine Morgenstern)

Three Wires All Avoid Mentioning Seasonality of Jobs Data in Friday’s Reports; Strangely Enough, the Raw Numbers Stink

(NewsBusters – Tom Blumer)

Could George W. Bush Be the Last Republican President?

(PJ Media – Myra Adams) Must Read

Taking a scythe to the Bill of Rights

(Human Events – George Will)

Liz Cheney: Are we ready for another political dynasty?

(Christian Science Monitor – Brad Knickerbocker)

Attention Young Lawyers: The Grim Reaper Is Here

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

With all due respect, shun the nonbeliever

(Hot Air – Libby Sternberg)

As much of the world starves, a UN hunger expert investigates Canada

(National Post – Hillel Neuer)

Bad idea of cellphone-driver bans could go national

(Orange County Register – Walter Olson)

Unions: Forcing Union Members to Work With Non-Union Workers Is Slavery

(Washington Policy Center – Erin Shannon)

In French Race, the Tortoise Sets His Own Pace

(New York Times – Steven Enlanger)

Environmentalists compared their opponents to mass murderers long before the Heartland Institute

(Daily Telegraph UK – Brenden O’Neill)

FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites – now

(CNET – Declan McCullagh) Must Read

Europe’s Crisis Is About to Get a Whole Lot Worse

(Family Security Matters – Daniel Hannan)

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Deal Sought for Chinese Activist to Study in U.S.

(Wall Street Journal – Keith Johnson and Carlos Tejada) Lead Story

Unemployment falls to 8.1 percent in April, but Dow drops

(Washington Times – Patrice Hill) Must Read

Obama’s deal with Karzai bans raids on al-Qaida bases in Pakistan

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro)

Michigan welfare recipients get hundreds for car repairs, clothing allowance

(Human Events – Tom Gantert)

Only 15 Percent of World Population Has Free Press

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

CNN Catches Dems for False Accusation, but Networks Missed the Story

(NewsBusters – Matt Hadro)

Obama Abolishes the Press Conference

(White House Dossier – Keith Koffler)

‘Citizens Lobbying Organization’ Common Cause draws funds from super rich

(Washington Free Beacon – CJ Ciaramella)

Elizabeth Warren brings no peace to Dems

(Boston Herald – Joe Battenfeld)

Sen. Rand Paul knows how to fix the TSA: end it

(Christian Science Monitor – David Grant)

Economic Recovery Education

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

President Obama buying votes with our tax dollars

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jack Kelly)

Tariff bill opens the floodgates for lobbyists

(Sunlight Foundation – Ryan Sibley)

Does Rhode Island Need Fiscal Union With Connecticut?

(Forbes – Josh Barro)

How Convenient: State Dept Projects No Decision on New Keystone Application ‘Til 2013

(Townhall – Erika Johnsen)

Soviets Funded Black “Freedom” Journal

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

What kind of lesson is a school teaching by banning a Jesus T-shirt?

(National Post – Marni Soupcoff) Must Read

Sebelius Says GAO Report Is ‘Just Not Accurate’ — Then Helps Confirm That It Is

(Weekly Standard – Jeffrey H. Anderson)

Economy Stalls — Americans Give Up Job Search

(Newsmax – Jim Meyers)

The Permit Plague

(American Thinker – Gary Hull) Must Read

Local TV report out of Indiana highlights potential for billions of dollars of tax fraud by illegal immigrants

(Hot Air – Morgan Richmond)

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Obama woos ‘Julia,’ other single women with promise of lifelong subsidies

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) Lead Story A

‘Julia’

(National Review – Kevin D. Williamson) Lead Story B

Bozell: Misleading Zimmerman Edits Prompt 3rd NBC Firing – But, Still No On-Air Apology

(CNS News – Craig Bannister)

Senators Fail Their Constituents With Ambush Vote

(Real Clear Policy – Fred Wszolek)

Obama Steals Mao’s Slogan

(American Spectator – Jeffrey Lord)

Eric Holder’s contempt of Congress citation takes shape

(Human Events – John Hayward)

Cabinets Gone Wild

(Townhall – Victor Davis Hanson)

Placing the American Gas Boom in Perspective

(The American – Vaclav Smil)

Mainstream media view of business depends on party, WFB analysis shows

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill McMorris)

Secretary LaHood Should Focus on Real Driving Dangers

(Reason Foundation – Baruch Feigenbaum)

Who Has Captured the Banks?

(Weekly Standard – Dalibor Rohac)

Global Warming Did Not Eat Your Life

(Energy Tribune – Art Horn)

Why the U.S. jobless rate may be a ‘head fake’

(Globe and Mail – Kevin Carmichael)

China Syndrome

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead) Must Read

Are Parents Addicted To Spying On Their Kids?

(Forbes – Kashmir Hill)

Former Obama Aide Orszag: Tax Deal Unlikely by Year’s End

(Newsmax – Forrest Jones)

Get the Government Out of Student Loans

(City Journal – Nicole Gelinas)

Chicago Mulls Soda Tax

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

U.S. Could Learn From Mexico’s Flat Tax Experience

(Investor’s Business Daily – Roberto Salinas-Leon)

Al Qaeda: Fox News Unfair to Us

(NewsBusters – Matthew Sheffield)

Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sites

(Washington Times – Shaun Waterman)

House investigating ‘kickback’ scheme at GSA

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

Chinese Activist Makes Plea to U.S. Congress

(Wall Street Journal – Keith Johnson, Josh Chin and Jay Solomon) Must Read

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Report: Companies likely to save billions dumping employee health care

(Daily Caller – Caroline May) Lead Story

Campaign Cliche Alert: Obama Is Like a ‘Steel Trap’

(PJ Media – Bridget Johnson) Must Read

Obama signs deal to have troops in Afghanistan

(Washington Examiner – Joel Gehrke)

Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies?

(American Spectator – Matthew Vadum)

Obama campaign ad touts record of giving billions to firms to create jobs overseas

(Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Stiles)

The Left’s Favorite Bad Statistic

(National Review – Rich Lowry)

‘Bowl-a-Thon’ Raises $466,014 to Help Poor Women Buy Abortions

(CNS News – Elizabeth Harrington)

Occupy organizers linked to Cleveland bridge bombing plot

(Human Events – John Hayward)

Trashed Mission District businesses ask, why us?

(San Francisco Chronicle – Vivian Ho, Ellen Huet, and Jaxon Van Derbeken)

May Day in Seattle: Black-clad protesters smash bank, shop windows

(Los Angeles Times – Kim Murphy) Must Read

A Giant Leap for Richard Nixon

(Wall Street Journal – James Taranto)

Obama’s Overreach

(San Diego Union Tribune – Roger Hedgecock)

Free Markets vs. Gov’t Intervention: Ron Paul and Paul Krugman Faceoff in Bloomberg Debate

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

Flushing More Money Down the Education Toilet

(Family Security Matters – Robert Weissberg)

The Model For Tax Reform Is Already Right There In The Code

(Investor’s Business Daily – J.T. Young)

Government debt strangling economy

(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – John Browne)

Another Domino Falls in Dem War on Blue

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Time to ‘interfere’, Stop ignoring rights in China

(New York Post – John Bolton)

Wind farms may have warming effect – research

(Reuters – Nina Chestney)

Rep. Broun: Homeland Security, TSA Use ‘Gestapo-Type’ Tactics

(Newsmax – Martin Gould and John Bachman) Must Read

Rebellion News

Wake up, America! This country belongs to the people, not the politicians!

(Washington Times – Rowan Scarborough) *Lead Story*

(Wall Street Journal – David Gauthier-Villars) *Must Read*

(PJ Media – David P. Goldman)

(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – John Browne)

(Washington Examiner – Susan Ferrechio)

(NewsBusters – Noel Sheppard)

(Boston Globe – Jeff Jacoby)

(Reason Foundation – Baruch Feigenbaum)

(Forbes – Matthew Hulbert)

(Christian Science Monitor – Brad Knickerbocker) *Must Read*

(Townhall – Larry Kudlow)

(Human Events – Audrey Hudson)

(The Blaze – Madeleine Morgenstern)

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

(Canada Free Press – Alan Caruba)

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Kyle Wingfield)

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

(Daily Mail UK – Snejana Farberov)

(New York Post – Terry Keenan

(Bloomberg – Virginia Postrel)

(National Post – Megan O’Toole)

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) *Lead Story*

(Reason Hit & Run – Garrett Quinn and Mike Riggs) *Must Read*

(Wall Street Journal – Danny Yadron)

(Politico – Maggie Haberman)

(Washington Examiner – Michael Barone)

(American Thinker – Thomas Lifson)

(The Blaze – Madeleine Morgenstern)

(NewsBusters – Tom Blumer)

(PJ Media – Myra Adams) *Must Read*

(Human Events – George Will)

(Christian Science Monitor – Brad Knickerbocker)

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

(Hot Air – Libby Sternberg)

(National Post – Hillel Neuer)

(Orange County Register – Walter Olson)

(Washington Policy Center – Erin Shannon)

(New York Times – Steven Enlanger)

(Daily Telegraph UK – Brenden O’Neill)

(CNET – Declan McCullagh) *Must Read*

(Family Security Matters – Daniel Hannan)

(Wall Street Journal – Keith Johnson and Carlos Tejada) *Lead Story*

(Washington Times – Patrice Hill) *Must Read*

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro)

(Human Events – Tom Gantert)

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

(NewsBusters – Matt Hadro)

(White House Dossier – Keith Koffler)

(Washington Free Beacon – CJ Ciaramella)

(Boston Herald – Joe Battenfeld)

(Christian Science Monitor – David Grant)

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jack Kelly)

(Sunlight Foundation – Ryan Sibley)

(Forbes – Josh Barro)

(Townhall – Erika Johnsen)

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

(National Post – Marni Soupcoff) *Must Read*

(Weekly Standard – Jeffrey H. Anderson)

(Newsmax – Jim Meyers)

(American Thinker – Gary Hull) *Must Read*

(Hot Air – Morgan Richmond)

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) *Lead Story A*

(National Review – Kevin D. Williamson) *Lead Story B*

(CNS News – Craig Bannister)

(Real Clear Policy – Fred Wszolek)

(American Spectator – Jeffrey Lord)

(Human Events – John Hayward)

(Townhall – Victor Davis Hanson)

(The American – Vaclav Smil)

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill McMorris)

(Washington Times – Rowan Scarborough) Lead Story

(Wall Street Journal – David Gauthier-Villars) Must Read

(Christian Science Monitor – Brad Knickerbocker) Must Read

(Charleston Daily Mail – Hoppy Kercheval) Must Read

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) Lead Story

(Reason Hit & Run – Garrett Quinn and Mike Riggs) Must Read

(PJ Media – Myra Adams) Must Read

(CNET – Declan McCullagh) Must Read

(Wall Street Journal – Keith Johnson and Carlos Tejada) Lead Story

(Washington Times – Patrice Hill) Must Read

(National Post – Marni Soupcoff) Must Read

(American Thinker – Gary Hull) Must Read

(Daily Caller – Neil Munro) Lead Story A

(National Review – Kevin D. Williamson) Lead Story B