$ 0 0 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel resigns (Human Events – John Hayward) *Lead Story* Diagnosing Conservatism as a Mental Illness (National Review – Ian Tuttle) *Must Read* FBI: Officers Killed With Firearms Decreased 40 Percent As Gun Sales Soared In 2013 (Breitbart – AWR Hawkins) GOP senator: Benghazi report is ‘messed up’ (The Hill – Martin Matishak) MSNBC’s Michael Eric Dyson Attacks Rudy Giuliani: He Has A ‘White Supremacy’ Mindset (NewsBusters – Jeffrey Meyer) IRS sued for details about its snooping around church political advocacy (Washington Examiner – Mark Tapscott) The end of wind welfare approaches (Hot Air – Jazz Shaw) Dem Wants Gag Order On Liberal Lawyer Representing GOP In Obamacare Lawsuit (Daily Caller – Sarah Hurtubise) Study: Lawyers Rake In Billions From Federal Disability Program (The Hill – John Merline) CBO: Reducing Fannie and Freddie Subsidies Could Save $8 Billion (Washington Free Beacon – Daniel Wiser) Four Pinocchios: WaPo Fact-Checker Shreds WH on Executive Amnesty ‘Precedent’ (Townhall – Guy Benson) *Must Read* US Commission on Civil Rights member says the racial quota system of Minneapolis Public Schools is ‘constitutionally suspect’ (AEI Ideas – Mark J. Perry) VA fires Sharon Helman, head of Phoenix hospital at center of scandal (Washington Times – Jacqueline Klimas) The U.S. Must Pivot to Europe (American Interest – Walter Russell Mead) Should ‘Legal But Shady’ Be A New Regulatory Standard? (Forbes – Norbert Michel) Jonathan Gruber: Right About Obamacare. Wrong About the American Voter. (Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner) China dismisses US call to halt island construction project in South China Sea (Christian Sciecnce Monitor – Arthur Bright) Marissa Alexander Takes Plea Deal in Florida “Warning Shot” Case; Three Years in Jail, Most Already Served (Reason – Brian Doherty) License Plate Readers in This City Track 263,430 Cars. Guess How Many Arrests Police Made as a Result. (The Blaze – Elizabeth Kreft) ‘60 Minutes’: Disaster Looms, U.S. Must Raise Taxes by ‘Hundreds of Billions’ (MRC.org – Joseph Rossell)