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So, how are those strong anti-gun laws working for you?

• Chicago Tribune 19 people shot in overnight shootings across Chicago
• AP NYPD Gunfire Injures 9 at Empire State Building
  Pop quiz: how many innocent bystanders are shot by CCW holders in the US each year?

Michelle Malkin “Clean Energy” Is Obama-Speak for Crony Government

Fox News:

• More than 2,200 hospitals face penalties under ObamaCare rules
  Guess who’s going to pick up the tab when hospitals increase rates to make up for the penalties?
• Dress code bars Oklahoma City kindergartner from wearing University of Michigan T-shirt
  This is the kind of insanity that ensues when school districts refuse to enforce disciplinary policies that might have an actual effect—like criminal prosecution of students for violent behavior.

Townhall:

• Maggie Gallagher Politics Interfering With D.C. Hate Crimes Law
  So why isn’t this being prosecuted as a hate crime? Although it clearly falls within the scope of the law, the victims belong to the wrong class—conservative Christians.
• Walter E. Williams Educational Lunacy
  See Fox item above for a perfect example.

James Taranto@WSJ Out of Mani, One: The philosophical roots of the Obama cult.