Scientists say the world’s magnetic field is seriously off-kilter — and I believe them. Let’s hope that 5780 is the year the world rights itself
5779 was the year when the earth spun off its axis.
Well, not exactly, but it did often feel that way. On dozens of occasions this year, I read the news with gapemouthed disbelief. Much of my shock and bewilderment related to the culture wars. College campuses have become virtual Stalinist satrapies where students with conservative or pro-Israel viewpoints are shouted down, ostracized, and paraded through the quad. Gender, too, has taken on Orwellian overtones. This was the year when we were told that gender identity is based on “identification” and not on fact.
In the world of foreign affairs, Iran dominated the headlines. If all goes as planned, Tehran will extort the European Union for even more cash and trade to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal than they got for joining it, all while the Revolutionary Guards colonize Iraq, manipulate Syria, pull the strings in Lebanon, and threaten Israel with destruction. This is the same nuclear deal that all the front-running Democratic presidential candidates want to rejoin.
And then there’s President Trump. Never has a politician done a better job of self-immolation. The economy is humming, unemployment is at an all-time low, and China has been put on notice, but the president continues to flail at enemies imagined and real, alienating potential supporters and energizing the opposition. Memo to the president: Calm down, keep cool, be nice, smile, say nice things to people, and you’ll win in 2020.
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