THE BOONDOGGLE GROWS: Tax preparers getting tax dollars to sign you up for ObamaCare.

DEMOCRATS TO OBAMA: Please, please, reinstitute Medicare Advantage; it's our only hope.

THOMAS SOWELL: The Republican Party needs to master the message.

Granted, Republicans are smarter than Democrats, but that doesn't obviate the need to get out front and explain their message in terms even Democrats can understand.

IT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS. Now go away.

Lots of bad things happen when a constitutionally-limited national government is transformed into a Nanny State Leviathan.

But one of the worst is when federal bureaucrats — apparently convinced that the rest of us are too stupid to figure it out for ourselves — decide to conduct a "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs."

The FCC bureaucrats can't bear to know that somebody, somewhere in this country can cover the news without being told how by the nannies in Washington.

My guess is that the liberal mainstream media will welcome the FCC with open arms, calculating that since they're already nosy nanny-staters, they will be unaffected by FCC demands.

A SAD DAY: Washington Examiner columnist Gregory Kane dies at 62. You can read his last two columns here and here. He had excellent taste in movies.

NEWT GINGRICH: Kerry should resign. I used to think John Kerry was just plain stupid. Now, more than ever, I'm inclined to agree with Gingrich: he's delusional. Or perhaps stupid and delusional.

FIVE YEARS LATER: Where did all that stimulus money go? Up in smoke, mostly.

WILL SMART GUNS transform the gun industry? In a word, no. Smart guns are only of interest to those who are afraid of guns. Guns are tools, like knives and hammers, and should only be used by those knowledgeable enough to use them properly.

A 'smart' gun in the hands of a fool is far more dangerous than a 'dumb' gun in the hands of a sound and sensible user.

WISCONSIN SEIU: Nice job you got there, be a shame if you lost it. Still thugs.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: VW Workers Escape from Detroit.

WEEKLY STANDARD: The mission of today’s Republican party is to defend and restore the rule of law.

BYRON YORK: Why Hillary Clinton's past is fair game in the 2016 presidential race. Only if character is an important trait in a President.

RELATED THOUGHT: Is liberalism a symptom of narcisstic personality disorder? Or conversely?

WHITE HOUSE: stimulus failure a roaring success. Just ask any of those of us who still don't have jobs (or are likely to get one).

AVIATION WEEK: Lockheed Martin Refines Hybrid Wing-Body Airlifter Concept.

SIX REASONS your tax return might will get audited:

1) You're a Tea Party member
2) You donated to a conservative social welfare organization (Tea Party)
3) You donated to a conservative political campaign organization (Tea Party)
4) You're a (Tea Party) conservative
4) You're a (Tea Party) Republican
6) You made too much money

More seriously, six real reasons.

CNN BREAKING NEWS: Asteroid missed Earth by an (astronomical) hair. Nice to know we're still alive.

IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA to be a Good Samaritan. I suspect there's much more to this (evidence the general whininess), but still....

SUBPAR: Anti-Obama street art covers Santa Monica.

AL GORE: If we keep Earth too cold for human life, the aliens won't invade us....

RELATED, but humorously.

BARACK OBAMA: I'm the law. Obama is living proof that arrogance, narcissism, and hypocrisy should be impeachable offenses.