HARRY REID battles exercise equipment and loses. PowerLine shares my suspicion that Dingy Harry's exercise equipment may have been his (heh) 'personal trainer'.

MAJ. GEN. ROBERT H. SCALES: The Army needs a better assault rifle.

THOMAS SOWELL: A year of anniversaries. And a President who has learned from none of them.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS, progressives would have no standards at all.

And yes, I know I'm restating the obvious.

PETA SHUTS DOWN town's New Year's Eve possum drop. Maybe next year Clay's Corner can have a PETA drop -- without the box, and without being lowered....

THE 'CULTURE WAR' IS REAL: No more sitting on the sidelines.

THE STUPID IS STRONG HERE: Brandeis students rally around peer with ‘no sympathy’ for dead cop.

FACTS? WHO NEEDS FACTS when you've got the "bully" pulpit?

SCOTT OTT: To Head Off Another Republican Speaking Scandal, I’m Confessing Now that I Spoke to This Group.

Heh.

BIOHAZARDS: Botched environmental predictions. And they wonder why we ignore them.

ISIS FIGHTERS reported to have contracted ebola. If only....

START OF NEW YEAR brings higher minimum wage unemployment to over 20 states.

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: The link has succumbed to link rot, but the quoted resolution still applies....

VIDEO: US NAVY MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle flies from the destroyer USS Jason Dunham.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Iran tests suicide drone in military drill. Suicide drone? What, does it carry bomb-laden terrorists under its wings?

THOMAS SOWELL: Are facts obsolete? In the progressive 'reality world', yes, they are. "Narratives" don't contain facts....

IOWA: another ObamaCare failure.

PROGRESSIVES AT WORK: Anti-gun 'public service announcement' encourages kids to become criminals.

VERMONT TO ABANDON its single-payer health care plan. Megan McArdle has much more.

When money talks, governments (sometimes) listen....

WHAT HAPPENS when an anti-police protest goes awry -- the protestors call 911.