GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: No Justice Department Charges Against Ohio Woman Who Voted Six Times for Obama.

JAMES O’KEEFE ON the fear and politically motivated ambition behind journalism in America.

IRS SCANDAL UPDATE: There is good reason to question validity of IRS investigation. Ya think?

I RAN ACROSS THIS INTERESTING PIECE ON GENE WOLFE’S SCIENCE FICTION. Some years ago, in a conversation with Janet Halley, I talked about using The Shadow of the Torturer as a metaphor for legal education, as there are some aspects of Severian’s training that remind me of legal education, particularly the self-serving professional ethics involved. I never got around to writing that piece.

But here’s something I didn’t know: “While working for Procter and Gamble, Wolfe helped design the machine that makes the well-known Pringles potato chip.”

PETER INGEMI: The GOP Poison Poll. “I have an alternative poll, what candidate, if any, would chase the base away?”

AT THIS POINT, THE WHITE HOUSE IS JUST TROLLING US: Press banned as first lady touts free speech in China.

First lady Michelle Obama told students that freedom of speech should be a universal right during her extravagant, no-press-allowed tour of China — a hypocritical move that will surely draw the ire of critics, according to an expert.

“That is troublesome. That goes beyond hypocritical, and I think the American media and the international media has every right to call her and the Obama administration on that — that they permitted that to happen,” said Tom Whalen, a political history professor at Boston University. “It makes you shake your head, albeit sadly.”

Ya think?

ROLL CALL: Senate’s Top Law Enforcement Officer Confirms Progress on Investigation Into CIA Spying.

SHE WAS AN ERRAND GIRL, SENT BY GROCERY CLERKS. “Have you ever felt that you needed to see Anita Hill’s family doing the Electric Slide?”

CRONY CAPITALISM: Revealed: Apple and Google’s wage-fixing cartel involved dozens more companies, over one million employees.

You can see why they want a lot of temporary visas for cheap foreign workers.

EXCEPT FOR TEA PARTY GROUPS BEING CRUSHED BY THE IRS: First lady’s mission: Free speech for all.

RAYMOND IBRAHIM: Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar:’ Syrian Christians are being forced to convert, subjugate themselves, or face death.

SHARING IS CARING: The White House Cares About Your Privacy…Or Something.

ANDREW BOLT: If Temperatures Don’t Rise, The Hype Must.

THE HILL: Ahead of anniversary, FBI defends Boston manhunt decisions. My question: With all the NSA spying, with a tipoff from the Russians about the Tsarnaevs, with an actual FBI interview — still nothing. Can we reassign the IRS Tea Party Squad to terrorists? Because they seem more ruthlessly efficient. . . .

THE WASHINGTON POST: De-Pantsed, But Not De-Loused.