As we look ahead, we weary news junkies might hope for a sensational, feel-good story to restore our belief in humanity.
Such as Elon Musk (how can one person really be worth US$749 billion, as Forbes just reported?), donating half his wealth to save infants from malnutrition and premature death in Africa? Or, the Jalisco Cartel (CJNG) disbanding, handing in its weapons, and its finances over to the search for Mexico’s missing persons? Or perhaps, the Catholic Church approving gay marriage?
Maybe we’d settle for something more attuned to today’s mindset. Perhaps the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding will spark a baby boom large enough to boost GDP by a couple of points. At least we could afford eggs again!
Or we could hope for something as profoundly life-affirming as the development of an affordable and effective non-opioid painkiller. Just a thought from a longtime arthritis sufferer.
No, alas, it’s going to be more of the same — the enduring scourges of the 2020s. Global conflict, migration, tariffs and geopolitical sparring. And drug trafficking will persist, regardless of how many boats are obliterated in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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