Hypocrisy overload: Tweets from gun control advocate Leland Yee, charged with arms trafficking … California Democrat state Sen. Leland Yee might be a worthy candidate for “hypocrite of the year,” if not decade.  —  First, the story from CBS News: … Before he was arrested on those charges …

Giving Up on 4-Year-Olds  —  A new report released by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of the country's 97,000 public schools, shows that excessively punitive policies are being used at every level of the public school system — even against 4-year-olds in preschool.

The Individual Mandate Goes Poof  —  The latest delays show that the supposed centerpiece of ObamaCare won't cause the uninsured to buy coverage.  —  One by one, the myths of the Affordable Care Act have been revealed.  When the curtain on open enrollment falls on March 31 …

Disapproval of Obama climbs to new high  —  Nearly six in 10 people disapprove of President Obama's job performance in a new poll by the Associated Press, the highest rating recorded by the newswire.  —  According to the AP-GFK survey released Wednesday, 59 percent disapprove of Obama's job performance while 41 percent approve.

For Columnist, a Change of Tone  —  A New York Times columnist has expressed substantially more negative sentiments about FiveThirtyEight since it left The New York Times, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.  —  The columnist, Paul Krugman, who writes about economics and politics for The Times …

Northwestern ruling could ‘rattle the universe of universities’  —  Northwestern football players win pivotal union case.  —  Northwestern University football players on scholarship are employees of the school and therefore entitled to hold an election to decide whether to unionize …

Key Indicators in Media & News  —  Audience  —  Cable  —  In 2013, the cable news audience, by nearly all measures, declined.  The combined median prime-time viewership of the three major news channels—CNN, Fox News and MSNBC—dropped 11% to about 3 million, the smallest it has been since 2007.

On being a dirty old man and how young women lawyers dress  —  More than a decade ago, I freaked out when tall, statuesque, and beautiful daughter Lisa showed up at her older sister's (Marne's) wedding in a Catholic church (that we “borrowed” out of respect for the groom's religious preference) in a low-cut dress.

Despite ‘wake-up call’ in Ukraine, Europe reluctant to bolster its militaries  —  LONDON — After years of watching as defense cuts sliced away at the army he once led, Richard Dannatt decided Russia's thrust into Ukraine marked the right moment to start rebuilding the British military.

Waters of the United States  —  Determining when the Clean Water Act protected streams and wetlands became confusing and complex following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006.  —  Specifically, the proposed rule clarifies that under the Clean Water Act:  — Saves businesses time and money

GOP Senate Candidate On Uninsured: “Less Sophisticated...Less Educated”  —  In audio obtained by BuzzFeed, Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy spoke at the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association's annual meeting last week about an alternative health care plan with catastrophic insurance and HSA plans for the uninsured.

The Baghdad Bob of Health Insurance  —  A core competency of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is issuing false assurances that all is well with Obamacare.  An administration about-face has left the Cabinet official looking like the Baghdad Bob of American health insurance.

Reid the Elder dismisses gifts controversy at presser; and Reid the Younger defends daughter/Dad  —  UPDATE, 7PM: Now there is $5,000 more from 2012.  Total now $31,000.  —  And now Reid is playing the aggrieved grandfather.  Chutzpah: … “Any role” in creating this situation?  Any role?

The Season of the Twitch  —  Some of you appear to be very, very worried about which party is going to win control of the Senate in November.  Really, you should stop for a while.  Take a break.  No fretting about undecided voters until there's at least a minimal chance that the undecided voters know who's running.

Bombshell In WaPo/Keystone Scandal: Did the Post Coordinate With Congressional Democrats?  —  A major development occurred today in the scandal surrounding the Washington Post's attempt to advance Democratic Party talking points by falsely linking Koch Industries to the Keystone Pipeline.

Economist Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed While Teaching Class at George Mason University  —  Economist, author, and George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen's arrest.  ArlNow.com reported on the incident …