
2. Gail Collins offers her opinion as to why the entering 113th Congress should be better than the departing 112th:
3. And now, Fareed Zacharia provides the bitter pill for the left, as well as a suggestion to the right. Entitlement programs, which are very popular to everyone, are really costing us more and more each year, and that needs to be addressed. The Republican Party cannot solve the problems by just cutting spending. Entitlement programs are not just Medicare, but include supporting the Military-Industrial Complex, subsidies to oil companies and other big businesses. We do need to spend money on our infrastructure and education to face the future:
4. While all of the bells and whistles in the media were concentrated on the House battle with the "cliff", Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled off something astounding. Every pending White House appointment that the Senate had blocked in the past, and which just were not acted on, were APPROVED UNANAMOUSLY on New Years Day - 100 votes. You need to see the "Last Word's" Lawrence O'Donnell's piece:
5. Paul Krugman continues on with the same theme that E.J. Dionne laid out in #1, but with specific points on the same subject:
6. Timothy Egan closes out today's commentary on the composition of the 113th Congress in a lighter vein, but just as serious:
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"I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts."
-- Mark Twain
-- Mark Twain
"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
-- George Bernard Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
"Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood."
-- Louise Beal
-- Louise Beal
"After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted."
-- De la Lastra's Corollary
-- De la Lastra's Corollary
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