The intensity of the swine flu epidemic is declining in California. State health officials say the percentage of people infected with the H1N1 virus continues its downward trend.
As exhausted but jubilant Senate Democrats scramble home for the holidays, one more obstacle stands between them and final passage of the massive health care overhaul bill: the House of Representatives.
I've never liked "The Little Drummer Boy" but if its source is a bizarro 1977 duet from Bing Crosby and David Bowie, well, "pa rumpa pum pum pum." Happy holidays from Culture Lust.