SNOW UPDATE: Everything is pretty much closed for no good reason. There is practically no meaningful snow, but that's how your D.C. elite operate. Meanwhile, an area dog got to enjoy a good snow day.

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters goes into BEAST MODE one last time. The imminently quotable, now-former Fox News contributor went out with a bang in resigning his post.

Ajit Pai and Reason team up against onerous licensing. Agree or not with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on deregulation, but at least he is consistent.

In death, life? Could the death of Toys "R" Us bring back KB Toys?

D.C.'s seized guns, according to Reason, include a number of BB guns and historic rifles.

NPR on how the decline in hunters is bad for conservation. And it's likely to get worse:

A new survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows that today, only about 5 percent of Americans, 16 years old and older, actually hunt. That's half of what it was 50 years ago and the decline is expected to accelerate over the next decade.

Why?

State wildlife agencies and the country's wildlife conservation system are heavily dependent on sportsmen for funding. Money generated from license fees and excise taxes on guns, ammunition and angling equipment provide about 60 percent of the funding for state wildlife agencies, which manage most of the wildlife in the U.S.

How to pay for the shortfall? I'm sure our conservationists in government will have some totally not self-defeating ideas.

How Israel Destroyed Syria's Nuclear Reactor. This is your absolute must read of the day. 

Meet Lucy Murfitt. Over at the Washington Examiner, they have a nice profile of my friend and former Senate colleague Lucy Murfitt. Lucy's contributions as a senior aide in the Senate go far beyond her recent achievements, but it definitely gives you a look. 

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