Sides trade blame on ‘fiscal cliff’ as talks proceed

(Washington Times – Stephen Dinan) *Lead Story*

CFR president alerts members to recent ‘watering hole’ cyber attack

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill Gertz) *Must Story*

US sailors sue Tokyo Power for masking radiation danger

(Hot Air – Jazz Shaw)

Are You Ready for $6 a Gallon Milk?

(PJ Media – Rick Moran)

Health Care, Housing, Education Worse When Government Helps

(Investor’s Business Daily – Michael Barone)

Schwarzkopf autobiography co-author recalls “soldier’s soldier”

(Human Events – Hope Hodge)

US, Canada, and Oz Prepare for the Asian Gas Wars

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead) *Must Read*

New York Newspaper to Release More Names of Gun Permit Owners After Uproar

(Townhall – Heather Ginsberg)

Montgomery County, MD school suspends 6-year-old for pretend gunshot

(Washington Examiner – Matt Connolly)

The Exploitation of Labor by Government

(Laissez Faire Club – Jeffrey Tucker)

US shale oil boom is fueling a huge boom for railroads, with oil shipments by rail doubling in just two years

(AEI Ideas – Mark J. Perry)

Congress Has Enough Time to Keep Spying on You, Forever

(Reason – Matt Welch)

Obama’s NLRB Plays Santa to Unions

(Breitbart – Dr. Susan Berry)

Laws Are for Little People And not for David Gregory.

(National Review – Mark Steyn)

Aspiring Bolshevik Thom Hartmann Wants US to ‘Outlaw Billionaires’

(NewsBusters – Jack Coleman)

Round 2: Mich. Gov. Signs Legislation Taking on Union Contract Agreements, Collective Bargaining

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

French Court Vetoes 75% Tax Rate

(American Spectator – Aaron Goldstein)

Revealed: NSA targeting domestic computer systems in secret test

(CNET – Declan McCullagh)

Obama deploys troops to Africa to defend U.S. Embassy

(Washington Times – David Boyer) *Must Read*

Former President George H.W. Bush out of intensive care

(The Hill – Daniel Strauss)