Coping in 2020

“My New Year’s resolution for 2020 is to stop arguing with trolls who have 10 followers on Twitter and to try to drink more bourbon.” 

—Nikole Hannah-Jones, NYTimes journalist, “‘Tune out the noise,’ plus other New Year’s resolutions from media and tech executives,” CNN, Jan. 1, 2020.

• Editorial Comment: Better make it a double.

 

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And spend more time with dogs

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