I ended the year with some political fatigue, so I have not been writing much about politics lately. Let’s face it. The campaign was a long one. I continue to be interested in politics, but I cannot be bothered to follow every little political squabble, especially not as it is currently being reported.

Right now each major issue appears in the media as a case of the Democrats say versus the Republicans say, and, quite frankly, I don’t really care what the Republicans are saying, not with their current tactic of doing nothing but say no in a situation where inaction is not an option. I’m more interested in learning how concrete decisions are being made, with or without the GOP. Not surprisingly then, I enjoyed Roger Simon’s opinion piece in Politico today,“Obama’s bold. What did you expect?"

One other thing has kept me from editorializing here more of late. The sheer size and complexity of the economic and foreign policy tasks facing us defies easy answers. Fortunately, we have an administration that gets that, even as it moves forward with amazing speed.