January 2021, Vol. 248, No. 1
Editor's Notebook
Happ(ier) Days Are Here Again?
By Michael Reed, Editor-in-Chief As a rule, I do not consider myself to be much of a bearer of glad tidings, even though I like the idea of good news as much as anyone, if not more. I suppose a fair amount of my glass-as-half-empty outlook on life comes to me naturally enough, though much of my wariness probably can be traced back to my big city newspaper days, when explosions, mayhem and various catastrophes, both natural and man-made, consumed the bulk of my work day. Regardless of the reason, in situations that prompt a typical person to offer high-fives and jump for joy, I generally find myself peering toward the sky, looking for that giant falling anvil Wile E. Coyote never sees c
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