New Year’s Eve Redux
December 31, 2017. Kent Lakes, New York What a tumultuous year this has been, for our country, our world, and for me, personally. We have seen the destruction of the caliphate. We have watched as the protections put in place to protect our environment have been diminished by executive order and by the appointment of a man who wants to destroy the EPA as head of the EPA. We have seen Neo Nazis march past a synagogue in Charlottesville, chanting “Jew will not replace us!” And we have heard the President saying that some of them were ‘Good People.’ As for me, personally, I have had to overcome some ver serious health issues which brought me close to either death or paralysis. I had to learn to walk and use my hands all over again. I continue to recover, and so far, I am doing quite well. This is why, despite this hate, the optimist in me thinks that the pendulum will once again swing the other way. Yes, I know that there will be some who will wan...