Special to The Columbus Dispatch
To be honest, I found more to hate than love about 2021, but in the interest of looking on the bright side, I’ll still try to balance out my annual list.
Here are the Things I Loved and the Things I Hated about the year that’s drawing to a close:
Science: Imagine what 2021 would have been like without those miraculous COVID vaccines. Imagine how much better it would have been if people doing their own “research” had rolled up their sleeves.
Restaurant meals: Whether it was hot dogs or haute cuisine, didn’t dining out seem especially pleasant after long months without it? Tip your server.
June: In Ohio at least, it seemed like the one month of the year when we could believe COVID was on the wane. Delta, then omicron put a quick end to the rejoicing.
Rising wages: The labor shortage is forcing employers to pay their workers better. It’s about time.
Biden administration: Far from perfect but so much better than what preceded it.
History revisited: Despite right-wing attempts to muzzle history teachers, I’ll take the bright-side view: The “1619 Project” is on the top of the bestseller list, Robert E. Lee is off his pedestal, and whitewashing the truth will eventually prove to be the real “lost cause.” I hope.
New Crew stadium: Excitement ran high as Lower.com Field debuted. Nice for fans, Arena District, city image, etc. But where’s that community sports park that was supposed to be part of the package?
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