- Washington Post: 21 good things that happened in 2021
The best thing that might be said about 2021 may be that it wasn’t 2020. Naming 21 good things that happened this year was a challenge — could we count the trio of coronavirus vaccines as three, we wondered?
A less friendly missive from space arrived this month when a surprise asteroid almost hit Earth. The good news, of course, is it missed. See? 2021 could have been so much worse.
(Hahahah, I saw "Don't Look Up" on Christmas and...yeah.)
Other things mentioned: Chauvin verdict, Britney's free, coup failed, another holiday, Mars exploration.
- Washington Post: Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review
Is there anything positive we can say about 2021?
Yes. We can say that it was marginally better than 2020.
Granted, this is not high praise. It’s like saying that somebody is marginally nicer than Hitler. But it’s something.
He swiftly receives the harshest punishment allowed under the Constitution: He is permanently banned from Twitter, the first sitting president to suffer this fate since Chester A. Arthur. Also he is impeached again.
- Rolling Stone: 10 Moments That Made Us Smile in 2021