Year’s end is a time for reflections and apologies. As I reflect on the year, let me say to those I offended in 2025: Work on yourself, so it will not be so easy for me in 2026.
1. The Somali pirates took boats off the coast of Somalia and taxpayer money in Minnesota. Bill Clinton ended up the star in the Epstein files release. Bill Clinton and the Somali pirates have one thing in common: They get a lot of booty.
2. In hopes of becoming the first Kennedy to die of natural causes, RFK Jr.’s MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) initiative started to take root in 2025. American mortality rates got better, and we are drinking less. Admittedly, I drink too much bourbon. I wish just once I could spiral into control. My plan for the New Year is to drink a glass of water after every other bourbon, just to surprise my liver.
3. Dems went from “Trump is Hitler” to “Elon Musk is Hitler” because of DOGE’s attempts to bring transparency to their beloved government morass. To be fair, Musk was raised in another country (not Austria), oversees a rocket program, has zealous followers, and created a new type of car for the masses (not Volkswagen). So, they are getting warmer.
4. DOGE started the year with promise, uncovering fraud at scale. Yet Dems screamed privacy issues when they got to look at Social Security payments and found 140-year-olds still getting checks. I’ve concluded that the treasury, banks, China, Russia and Zuckerberg all have my info. The only person who does not know all my passwords is me.