Morning Constitutional – Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Good morning, folks. Sarah has a reality show she wants to tell you about, Reese has a new beau, and Joan Jett has some advice for Lady Gaga. And we have a morning constitutional:

President Obama signing the health care reform bill into law today, as Republicans vow to continue doing everything they can to kill it. Sen. Judd Gregg hopes to bring back some of that town hall anger.

Call somebody an offensive slur and get them to apologize? That\’s what conservative bloggers seem to be trying to do.

Tories in Britain struggle with appearances of elitism with election coming up.

Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup causes rats to gain more weight, and show other signs consistent with obesity, than plan sugar.

Iggy Pop, performing at Carnegie Hall, thinks it a fittingly hilarious place to take a stage dive. Audience lets him fall to the floor.

The NPR ombudsman discusses the semantics of abortion-related reporting.

In the New Yorker, a crazy profile of Francis Galton, who explored Africa, invented eugenics and modern statistical methods, and first explored the idea of nature versus nurture.

From Dime Magazine: The Secret Life of of the Gay American Basketball Player.

ACORN is set to close up shop on April 1, citing \”“a series of well-orchestrated, relentless, well-funded, right-wing attacks that are unprecedented since the McCarthy era. Our effective work empowering African-American and low-income voters made us a target. The videos were a manufactured, sensational story that led to rush to judgment and an unconstitutional act by Congress.\”

Information is Beautiful with a visualization of the evidence of the benefits of popular dietary supplements.

Hey, at least Walmart is slashing food prices.