Summary: Headlines for December 16, 2013; "Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor; Nikki Giovanni on 1 Year Since Newtown: Where is the Political Leadership on Gun Control?; Nikki Giovanni on Poetry, Grief and Her New Book, "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid"; Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom" Ends with Burial in Home Village of Qunu
