Some Hopeful, Tentative, New Year Predictions, by Stephen P. White

The beginning of the new year is a time for looking back on the recently completed revolution around the sun, taking stock of what was, both good and bad, and for making resolutions about what might be done better or at least differently on our next lap.

In my experience, the freshness of the new year has a way of coloring one’s outlook with a tinge of optimism. In my experience, too, that optimism rarely lingers as long as Ash Wednesday. The optimism of early January rarely even makes it to February intact. By the start of Lent, I’m good and ready for some penance. …

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