HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): U.S. Sees Highest Poverty Spike Since 1960s. I’m sure it’s somehow the Republicans’ fault.

HEY, IT’S THE 21ST CENTURY SUBSTITUTE FOR TAR AND FEATHERS: “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is fighting to keep the names of those involved in the federal prosecution against Internet activist Aaron Swartz under court seal, arguing prosecutors have been victims of hacking and death threats. . . . Swartz’s lawyers and prosecutors agree to redact personal information, such as email addresses and phone numbers from the court documents, but prosecutors and MIT have filed their opposition to releasing the names of those involved.” Prosecuting someone criminally is a public event.

JAMES HUFFMAN: Let Them Drink Sodas.

WASHINGTON POST FACT CHECKER: Obama’s Lying In His Continued Use Of The Discredited Claim That 40% Of Gun Sales Lack Background Checks.

JAY LENO MOCKS A.P. FOR ABANDONING TERM “ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT:” “They will now use the phrase ‘undocumented Democrat’.”

A LOOK AT the Samsung Galaxy S4. My concern is that it’ll be too big to fit in a pocket.

FRACKING UPDATE: U.S. Poaches Industry From Europe With Shale Gas:

The sweet scent of cheap gas is luring manufacturing back to the United States. The German chemicals company BASF is one of many energy-intensive firms looking to open plants stateside. . . .

American government got out of the way of innovative drilling companies and allowed the shale boom to take off. Europe took the opposite tack, choosing to stick to its green policies and snub shale. As a result, natural gas prices in the US are a quarter of what they are in Europe. And as industry departs, unemployment in the Euro zone is hitting a record high. That’s yet another failure that can be laid at the feet of Europe’s greens.

Along with those ethanol-fuel “crimes against humanity,” of which our government, alas, is also guilty.

AT AMAZON, it’s the Spring Outlet Event.

Also, 50% or more off on Men’s Work Boots.

And, today only: Sony HD Handycam Camcorder with Projector, $389.99 (34% off). The built-in projector thing is kind of cool.

JENNIFER RUBIN: Why Obama Is Losing On Anti-Gun Legislation.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Study: K-12 Admin. Employment Outpaces Student Growth. “The Friedman Foundation for Economic Choice recently released a study that showed the amount of administrators (non-teachers) in the K-12 public education system has increased over 700 percent since 1950, while the amount of students has increased by only 96 percent.”

#GREENFAIL: Solyndra 2.0: Fisker Automotive is teetering. How many others in the government loan program that funded Solyndra will eventually fall? But the connected folks got their money out first. That’s what matters.

JAMES TARANTO: Those Courageous Racists: Left-wing bigots pat themselves on the back. “The NSF is a federal agency, so your tax dollars have subsidized the authors of what can only be described as a racist rant. . . . What’s even weirder about the Childress twins’ piece is that their counterfactual actually is not counterfactual at all if you broaden the scope beyond acts of mass murder to murder more generally or all violent crime. Blacks do in fact commit a large disproportion of violent crimes, and while the subject is not taboo in respectable public debate, it is delicate. . . . But the absolute strangest thing about the twins’ racist rant is the self-satisfied tone. They think they’re breaking a taboo, bravely challenging convention by scapegoating white men. Give us a break. Antiwhite and antimale bigotry couldn’t be less courageous or more clichéd. It’s been a constant feature of academic discourse for decades and of journalistic writing for years. It has been the dominant theme of political coverage since Barack Obama’s re-election.”

HARD-HITTING JOURNALISM: Michelle Obama interviewer: How does it feel to have a husband who is a sex symbol?

NEWS FROM ACADEME: E-Mail Snooping at Harvard Broader Than First Admitted. “The university acknowledged the additional searching Tuesday in a meeting with faculty members. University officials said that their goal was to protect the confidentiality rights of students caught up in a cheating scandal. But the e-mail searches have angered many faculty members. Drew Faust, the president, announced that she has asked a lawyer to study the full extent of the e-mail searches, and that she is creating a committee to develop recommendations about the issue of e-mail privacy.”

ED DRISCOLL: The Gray Lady Is Always The Last To Know.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Teachers All Above Average, Students Somehow Still Failing.

LIZ PEEK: Ethanol Fraud And Why You Pay More At The Pump.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WaPo: Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit.

JOURNALISM: Globie’s cab crash raises eyebrows. “A Boston Globe reporter masquerading as a Hub taxi driver gave a disputed version of a two-car crash that sent him and his two passengers to the hospital in a front-page story yesterday that’s raising questions about liability and whether he misrepresented himself. The one-sided account of the crash, included in a report about Boston’s cab industry, also came after the reporter appeared to conceal his Globe employment in an application to the cab company that hired him.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Many baby boomers who start dating again later in life find that sex is readily available. But so are some diseases.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Full footage of Chicago Teachers Union officials arrested for battery.

#WARONWOMEN: “It’s strictly a girl thing, affecting popularity and status, they said.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 Times When Loud Sex Is A Really Bad Idea.

PEW POLL: Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support.