Historic Win for Constitutional Rights!  Injunction Granted in CCR Lawsuit on Behalf of ACORN  —  December 11, 2009.  New York, NY - Today, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon granted a preliminary injunction against the United States for unconstitutionally withholding funds from ACORN.

Surprising Sarah Palin shows up on Conan O'Brien's show, wreaks revenge on William Shatner  —  Politicians much prefer Fridays to bury news releases they want to be able to say they put out but don't really want people to notice much.  Especially on the eve of the second to last shopping Saturday of the 2009 Christmas shopping season.

The Department of Cablinasian Studies [& Call for Submissions]  —  Stacy and I were conversing on Twitter yesterday about Tiger Woods' woes, and both of us believe that this wouldn't be such a big deal if it were not for the fact that he's a Cablinasian.  Americans have little understanding …

Doubts grow over Senate's Christmas deadline for health bill  —  Doubts are growing among Senate Democrats that they will be able to pass the healthcare reform bill by Christmas, although they remain publicly optimistic.  —  Democrats say it is still possible to pass the legislation …

Going Naked in Kabul  —  Do you remember the scandal about the U.S. Embassy guards in Kabul, Afghanistan, who got naked and held wild hazing rituals?  —  I am bringing this up because I want to talk about government contracting.  When you venture into topics like that, it's always a good idea to try to begin with an orgy.

Do Nothing, Majority Says  —  ObamaCare is now almost as unpopular as it is monstrous.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  This column has long been arguing that the health-care ideas Congress is considering are so bad that inaction would be vastly preferable.

Ungovernable America  —  The smarter elements in Washington DC are starting to pick up on the fact that it's not tactical errors on the part of the president that make it hard to get things done, it's the fact that the country has become ungovernable.  For example, here's Steven Pearlstein on minority leader Mitch McConnell:

On Obama's Sellout … When we went to print with the latest Rolling Stone piece about Obama's economic hires, a couple of my sources advised me to expect some nastiness in the way of a response from Obama apologists.  One jokingly suggested that there would be a waiting period to see if anyone …

Gingrich's New Contract With America: 'Our Commitment Should Be Simple...We're Repealing' Health Care  —  Yesterday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stumped for Ethan Hastert, the son of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and candidate for Illinois' 14th congressional district.

Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway  —  WMD were not vital for war says ex-PM ahead of appearance at Chilcot inquiry  —  Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public.

Report: Senate Health Bill Will Raise Costs  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans on Friday seized on a report by government actuaries that said the Senate health bill would cause national health costs to rise.  —  The report, compiled by the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …

Copenhagen rally leads to arrests  —  Danish police made a number of arrests during the protests  —  Trouble has broken out as thousands of people marched through Copenhagen demanding action from leaders at UN climate talks there.  —  Most of the march in the Danish capital passed off peacefully …

Child hunger an increasingly complex problem  —  Child hunger, called the ‘silent epidemic,’ is an increasingly complex problem  —  PHILADELPHIA — Three weeks before he was elected president, Barack Obama set an audacious goal: end hunger among children in the United States by 2015.