HARRY REID: Republican agenda ‘to make President Obama look bad’. No need; the Democrat agenda has already succeeded.

GLENN REYNOLDS (INSTAPUNDIT) on alternative schooling.

JUDGE RULES Chicago gun sale ban unconstitutional.

GOVERNMENT-RUN SOCIAL SECURITY is bad news for blacks and other minorities, but it's really just the shorter end of a short stick. Here's what's really damming:

[T]he evidence shows personal retirement accounts are superior – even for folks who would have retired at the peak of the recent financial crisis.

This is personal to me, since I did retire in 2010 just as the 'recovery' (heh) was beginning.

Here are some other posts on Social Security from back in 2007 and 2008.

BOEING MACHINISTS UNION narrowly passes contract to keep 777X production in Seattle. Frankly, I'm surprised. I really didn't think the union was capable of acting rationally (but it was a very narrow victory).

NYC MAYOR DEBLASIO’S HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE BAN: Is it really about campaign cash? Uh, yes. On balance, I'd have to say a Democrat administration is prima facie evidence of a culture of government corruption.

HUFFINGTON POST: Is ObamaCare suffering Republican obstruction or needless blunders? ObamaCare is itself a needless blunder.

THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CRASH: Even 60 Minutes is catching on.

TOWNHALL: How Sticking to Your Guns Makes You Happy. Happy, Happy, Happy.

MORNING EXAMINER: Will the 'New School' arrive in time to save American higher education?

A RACIST behind every (nonprogressive) thought.

SOCIAL SECURITY: even the winning ticket loses.

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: America's second 'white Hispanic'?

Those pesky Supremes just won't stay in their designated boxes, will they?

"THAT OBAMA is a typical member of America’s ruling class is not at odds with 'how incompetent he may seem is'."

Minor error corrected.

CASE STUDIES in extreme post-election malignant narcissism.