1. Kansas Prepares for Gold-Rush Style Oil Boom. “It will enrich the area in a way it never has before economically,” says independent oilman Robert Murdock. “It is going to change things forever in this part of the world.” 2. … read more >

Polling station in DC would have allowed an imposter to vote as “Eric Holder.” From John Fund’s NRO column “Why We Need Voter-ID Laws Now“: “Average voters understand that it’s only common sense to require ID because of how easy … read more >

Reuters – “It hasn’t been long since Caterpillar Inc looked like the typical resident of the Rust Belt. Having misjudged how deep the U.S. economy would decline, the world’s largest maker of construction machinery reduced its workforce by 33,000 people … read more >

Stanford Professor John Taylor discusses the “Power of the Market” on CNBC based on his book “First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America’s Prosperity.”  HT: Warren Smith