MORNING EXAMINER: The White House strikes back out. There. Fixed.

A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER explains the hard facts of Obamacare to employees. A smart small-business owner.

NEWT GINGRICH: Four Scandals. Whether Obama knew or not (and I believe he did) is irrelevant; the issue is the 'Shadow of the Leader', the fact that the culture of a bureacracy takes on the attributes of its leadership. If the leader believes the ends justify the means, as Obama evidently does, the bureaucracy acts on that belief.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Antimatter Fall Up?

YOU DON'T SAY: IRS scandal raises fears about enforcing Obamacare.

"Why would you trust the bureaucracy with your health if you can't trust the bureaucracy with your politics?"

Why would you trust the bureaucracy at all?

CONN CARROLL: Let's not forget about HHS’ Obamacare shakedown.

Remember, though, it's not thuggery if the Obama administration does it.

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: "They were happy to be tools, until they found themselves treated with the respect that people who are happy to be tools tend to get."

POWERLINE'S mid-week in pictures.

THOMAS PEREZ, assistant attorney general for civil rights, snubs the Congress he wants to confirm him as secretary of labor.

One question the senators might want to ask before they vote: Why is Perez ignoring a congressional subpoena?

Supoenas, like laws, are for little people.

UH-OH: Global warming is changing the location of Earth’s geographic poles. At the current rate, they'll move about a mile in 72,000 years.

HEH: Panic Time. Well deserved.