MARC THIESSEN: What About Those Leaks, Mr. Holder? “Let’s not forget that the real scandal here is the serial disclosures of highly classified information by senior Obama officials — leaks that have done immense damage to our national security. Instead of being outraged that Attorney General Eric Holder subpoenaed the phone and e-mail records of Fox News reporter James Rosen, we should be demanding to know if Holder has been equally aggressive in going after the records of reporters from the New York Times, The Post and other news outlets — records that could lead directly to members of the president’s inner circle.”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Washington Politicos Take Responsibility, But Not The Blame.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Scandalpalooza! Is The Obama Administration Trying To Tire Us Out? Only a few geeks will get my “dense pack” reference. . . .

TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 25.

STEVE CHAPMAN: Once again, racist remarks are fine so long as they come from a black Democrat.

Possibly related: The Chicago Machine’s connections to the gangs.

SO THE BIG NEWS IS THAT MITT ROMNEY HAD A DETAILED PLAN FOR HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT. Meanwhile, Obama’s second term is marked by his claims that he has absolutely no idea what his underlings are doing. #wechosepoorly

CRONY CAPITALISM UPDATE: Govt. Fund Managers Playing Political Hanky Panky with Shareholder Resolutions? You’d think you’d see lawsuits over this sort of thing. It seems a breach of fiduciary duty.

I MENTIONED VERILY MAGAZINE A WHILE BACK, and even did an InstaVision interview with Editor-in-Chief Kara Eschbach, and now it’s going into print.

IRS SCANDAL UPDATE: IRS Targeted GOP Donors, Too.

THAT’S FUNNY, BUT THE BIG NEWS IS HOW DEFENSIVE AND ANTSY DEMOCRAT HEAVYWEIGHTS ARE GETTING: Choom Boom! Geraghty destroys Plouffe’s nasty Issa-smearing tweet with one photo.

SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG has died.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: No ‘Universal’ Best Practice To Save Yourself From Tornadoes.

AT AMAZON, MARKDOWNS ON complete HBO Series on DVD & Blu-Ray. Band of Brothers for $32.96 is a pretty good deal.

Also, today only: Up to 60% Off Select SanDisk Memory. SD cards, USB drives, solid-state drives, etc.

NEXT GENERATION TV: Gang of Eight Bill Would Cost $6 Trillion.

ANDY KESSLER: Professors Are About to Get an Online Education: Georgia Tech’s new Internet master’s degree in computer science is the future.

Half of recent college graduates don’t have jobs or don’t use their degree in the jobs they find. Since 1990, the cost of college has increased at four times the rate of inflation. Student loans are clocking in at $1 trillion.

Something’s got to give. Education is going to change, the question is how and when. Think about it: Today’s job market—whether you’re designing new drugs, fracking for oil, writing mobile apps or marketing Pop Chips—requires graduates who can think strategically in real time, have strong cognitive skills, see patterns, work in groups and know their way around highly visual virtual environments. This is the same generation that grew up playing online games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, but who are almost never asked to use their online skills in any classroom.

MOOCs will inevitably come to K-12 education too.

All is proceeding as I have foreseen.

TENNESSEE ON LIST OF most efficient law schools.

ROLL CALL: Obama’s D.C. Circuit Picks Likely to Prompt GOP Outcry. Where’s his ability to compromise?

ELIZABETH PRICE FOLEY: The Case Against Deference: Judges should be unafraid to review government actions. “Deference to exercises of government power arguably made more sense in the republic’s early days, to ensure that federal power could accomplish the Constitution’s basic, enumerated ends. But as the administrative state has matured, the sheer weight of government has grown exponentially, and every new accretion weighs more heavily on individual liberty. Complex statutory frameworks increasingly operate at cross-purposes, and statutes rarely get repealed, with new regulations being piled on top of old ones. Today, the cumulative reach of government power is far more than adequate to counsel judges against knee-jerk deference to all exercises of government power. The unfolding IRS scandal, accompanied by the Obama administration’s remarkable claim that the president should not oversee the federal government’s law enforcement activities, makes the need for vigorous judicial review of governmental actions all the more apparent. The courts must unapologetically enforce constitutional boundaries to facilitate trust in, and accountability of, government.”

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Happiness Index plunges for minorities, youth, disabled.

AND NOW FOR the Lamentation Of The Women.

THE SECURITY SCREENING PROCESS CAN’T BE VERY GOOD, if this guy got through.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: College in Sweden is free but students still have a ton of debt. How can that be?