Hopeful

It is the end of 2025, and I really should not start the New Year raving and ranting about our politics. I should rather look forward with Hope that 2026 will bring the World a less Chaotic, Turbulent, Angry and Apprehensive year. Maybe? Perhaps? Fingers Crossed?

I should not either start the year mouthing off about Trump’s Vulgar, Abusive, Cruel, Lawless and Obnoxious Shit-show! While this is all true and so many writers, thinkers, politicians, journalists, ordinary human beings are all saying this, maybe I could talk about a more upbeat subject to begin the New Year. For instance, let me look into Trump’s assertions that he will bring Peace to the World and an end to all Wars. And how terrific would that be? But, Ooops! Sorry! Wrong list to look at amongst all the other Lists of Unmet Promises, Illusions, Delusions and Outright Lies! There is no Real, Tangible Peace in any of the places where he promised that there would be. If I were him I would be absolutely Ashamed of myself, but Shame does not exist in his dictionary! I look at Palestine specifically and there is still a continuing and relentless uprooting, incarceration, expropriation of territory, outright and blatant theft, starvation and genocide. The levels of criminality, cruelty and vengeful hatred are appalling whether in Gaza, or in the West Bank! However, in looking at both the United States and Israel, and in focusing on Trump and Netanyahu in particular, the similarities between their two flawed characters are numerous, as, of course, are the similarities in their Lawlessness, their Cruelty, and their Preposterous Lies! Never have the United States and Israel been regarded with so much disrespect and disregard by the whole world as they are at the end of this year. Quite Shocking!!

So, are there any bright aspects amidst this dark cloud that Trump has thrown over this Nation, as well as the World? Are there any? It might seem as if there aren’t any, but, actually, there are! This being a Celebratory time of the year, Human Beings are going about their lives and enjoying themselves in spite and despite the terrible situation we find ourselves in. It is as if they have decided to Ignore the Endless Stream of Hate, Wicked, Unprofessional and Infantile Behavior spewing out of the White House and to Counter it with Optimism and Hope. Sometimes it is hard to perceive all the Terrific Daily Occurrences Happening around us, but they are Happening! Amongst these Happenings are Honorable Human Beings without regard to Political Party, Ethnicity, Religion or Anything Else and who are Speaking Out and Confronting these Aberrations! Judges, Lawyers, Governors, Ousted Federal and State Department Employees, Retired Generals, Veterans, Retired FBI Agents, Journalists, Writers, Podcasters, Comedians, Brave Politicians, Investigative Reporters, Teachers, Doctors, Numerous Organizations, Associations and Activists are all working Around The Clock, Never Stopping, Never Giving Up on our Constitution, on our Democratic Governance, or on All Those Yet Unmet Ideals that are worth striving for! Moreover, the American People, as a whole, are saying loudly and clearly that they are fed up with the way Trump and his Sorry, Inept Administration are conducting the affairs of this Nation. It is quite amazing actually and, sooner or later, there will have to be a Total Reversal of this Cruel, Criminal and Lawless Behavior. When? Sooner, or Later! It will happen, even though it seems so far out of reach at the moment, and, even though the Damage that is being inflicted upon these United States, its Institutions and all the World Organizations seems to be irreversible. It isn’t!

We are going through a Very Turbulent Period of history where there are old alignments and conventions being shred to tatters, and new ones are formulating themselves. How will it all shake up? We don’t know. No one does! Moreover, the Unsettled Conditions of our day are having adverse and worrisome effects on our Social Structures and Norms thus rendering even our Human Relationships fraught with Angst! What can we do? The best that we are able to affect at this precarious time is to take care of ourselves, our families and our friends and continue to Protest and Resist because giving up is not an Option! It Is Not An Option!!!

May 2026 Usher In Peace Of Mind for One, for All and for this Sad Planet that we call Home!