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Wednesday, November 11, 2026Nov 11

Southern Folks: As years go, 2020 can kiss it where the sun don’t shine

2020 calendar / Photo from Getty Images
2020 calendar / Photo from Getty Images 2020 calendar / Photo from Getty Images

I trust that you had as good a Christmas as can be expected under our current circumstance. These times are trying, to say the least.

I don’t know about you, but I’ll be glad when this year is over. Hopefully, in this coming new year, we can get back to some normalcy. That is, after we’ve conquered COVID and gotten the ringing out of our ears.

We, as a country, have a whole bunch of healing to do. And we’re gonna have to do it on the run. There’s no time to dilly-dally. My hope is that the time we’ve wasted snarling will be replaced with compassion and respect for one another. It may sound a little sappy, but that’s the way I feel.

Maybe we’ll actually go back to being true fellow Americans. We need to assign a crew, composed of a few from each side of the political aisle, to go up there and mop up that line that, in recent years, has severally divided us. While we’re at it, let’s get our standards and principles back up and running.

This year has been one like no other that I can remember. Just a few more days, and we’ll be at the finish line. Step over it, and we’re right back on next year’s start line. Ain’t it funny how life races on?