Friday Food for Thought

• Americans overwhelmingly say the growing gap between rich and poor has become a serious national concern. With the Democrats now in control of Congress, they have an opportunity, and a mandate, to start narrowing that gap. There are a variety of ways they can go about it, starting with...
• Helping the middle-class: Democrats are planning to use their new authority in the House and Senate to slash interest rates on need-based college loans in half — from 6.8% to 3.4%.
• According to a recent USA Today poll, Bush will be judged as a below-average or poor president, more than double the negative rating given any of his five most recent predecessors. In another poll, Americans overwhelmingly said that getting kicked by a horse is bad for you.