Well, It’s Monday in America™, and time for The LEFT Show. Welcome back from the holidays, or whatever. This week, working my way through the phone book, only Tom answered the phone, because he's awesome, and JC had pneumonia. This week, we're skating through a bunch of current bad news, but, at the end, some relief from the year we left behind. Next week ... maybe we'll find some optimism for the year's ahead predictions?