Well, as far as sequels to 2020 go, 2021 lived up to the rep… · 6:44pm Dec 31st, 2021
Another year under the shadow of COVID-19. Another year in which the politics of fear, anger and division continued its onslaught on common decency and civilized behavior in political discourse, as well as its attack on the very foundations of democracy and the institutions that protect us all from charlatans, demagogues and the ugly, slippery slope that leads to fascism, and worse.
It would be easy under the circumstances to succumb to pessimism, cynicism and nihilism.