Wednesday evening must-reads

Nearly half of U.S. population lives in households receiving gov't welfare

Is CBS News silencing Fast and Furious reporter?

No guns for University of Wisconsin employees

Allen West slams Samuel L. Jackson for "racist" tea party comments

Sheila Jackson Lee says Hank Williams should stick to music

DNC chair: "Anyone" can see the economy is getting better

Tea Party "not playing with a full deck," says... Howard Dean

Michael Moore: The rich "hate the free market"

John Boehner: DC's free trade adult?

Presenting: "The Occupied Wall Street Journal" (Actual WSJ has the dish)

NYTimes: Climate change deniers are addicted to society's "white male establishment"

Rick Perry's new best friend: Jon Stewart

Alec Baldwin, spokesman for Capital One bank, supports Wall Street protests

Bad economic policies have consequences:

h/t AIM