Aside from that it was a lovely year

Dave Barry's review of 2018.

We could not escape it. We were like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, except that when our clock-radio went off, instead of Sonny and Cher singing “I Got You Babe,” we awoke to still MORE talk of Russians and emails; MORE childish semiliterate presidential tweets about FAKE NEWS and Crooked Hillary; MORE freakouts by cable-TV panelists predicting that — forget about the previous 300 times they made the same prediction — THIS time impeachment was IMMINENT, PEOPLE. IMMINENT!! Meet the new year: same as the old year.

and don't forget to stop eating Tide pods.

for a more serious analysis, Strategypage has their year end summary MP3 link or you can watch the video:




terrorism deaths are down. Who wudda thot?

and if you really want to know what is going on, try reading overseas newspapers.

and a lot more.

update: they also point out the power of K-Pop.
yes, K dramas are big here. and undermining North Korea's culture.

like the Hallmark Channel, good drama without the nudity and violence and nihilism of much of Hollywood.