|
YVONNE ABRAHAM
After a year of misery to spare, what’s next is largely up to us
|
|
2020 — has any year, ever, been as awful as you?
Your special miseries spared no corner of the planet. A pandemic sweeps the world, killing some 1.8 million people so far. In your last days, millions more are going hungry, and unhoused, as jobs evaporate and bread lines lengthen.
It wasn’t sufficient that the losses were historic. They had to be biblical. The plague, the massive hurricanes, and the terrifying wildfires were not enough: There had to be floods and locusts, too.
Beat it, 2020. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. What will 2021 bring? It’s up to us. Next year can only be better if we make it so.
Read the full column.
|
|
|
|
|
We have lots of e-mail newsletters on a variety of topics, including news, politics, business, sports, lifestyle, and more. They're free, and it's easy to subscribe. Here's a complete list.
|
|
|
|
