Emily Belz | After doling out $450 million in 2008 to elect Democrats in Washington, unions are looking for payback
Gingriches don't dig deeply into religion in civic life
Warren Cole Smith | ACORN over the years has received strong support from mainline churches
Ricky Gervais loses his humor with The Invention of Lying
News to watch in the weeks to come
Alisa Harris | Teen unemployment is on the rise, and a minimum wage hike may be part of the reason
Edward Lee Pitts | Off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey test the potential for GOP revival in 2010
Paul Chesser | Comrade Duch awaits the verdict for Khmer Rouge crimes against humanity but professes to know a better verdict awaiting him
Daniel James Devine | A lawsuit on behalf of "plaintiff embryos" could halt federally funded research
