DEMAND FOR nearly half a million new airline pilots over the next 20 years raises concerns that pilot quality could suffer.

It looks like I was overly pessimistic last year.

A CLOWN SHOW on voter identification laws. The Department of Justice may win in a court of law, but they will surely lose in the court of public opinion.

YEP, IT'S BETTER TO LET THE HOMELESS STARVE than risk them getting sick or being embarrassed.

Or being freed from government slavery?

THEY'LL TURN US ALL INTO BEGGARS 'CAUSE THEY'RE EASIER TO PLEASE: Government wants more people on food stamps.

UPDATE: USDA moves to end questionable food stamp ads.

For those who are truly in need, I'm all for encouraging them to apply. But let's face it, the Obama administration is only interested in the poor to the extent that they can be coerced to vote Democrat.

SHARK SIGHTINGS INCREASE. Quick, blame those Republican seals.

IF YOU READ/WATCH THE LIBERAL MEDIA, you'd think Mitt Romney intentionally insulted the NAACP Convention audience at every opportunity.

Here's the actual transcript of his speech.

THOMAS SOWELL: Invincible Lies, Part I and Part II.

JAY NORDLINGER on the Supreme Court, the separation of powers, and political pressure.

MICHAEL BARONE: Obamacare survives, but the political playing field has changed. This is an older commentary, dating back to the Supreme Court decision, but I think it illustrates that the times, they are a'changin. My sense is that political power is clearly shifting in favor of the Tenth Amendment and State's rights.

KATIE KIEFFER: "With the Obama administration’s drone policy, I believe we risk asymmetric blowback, defy foreign sovereignty, and—most alarmingly—violate our own Constitution." Overblown? Perhaps so, but there's certainly room for discussion, although that won't happen as long as the current administration is in power.