What Color is the Sky in His World?
Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario climbs out of his bottomless well of black depression long enough to summarize the state of the world in 2003:
It was, at best, a bittersweet year. The economy slumped before showing signs of disputed resurrection. We invaded Iraq and lost hundreds of our young men and women in the process. We bagged a demented tyrant in Saddam. But America's true Public Enemy No. 1 — Osama bin Laden — eludes capture. On the local front, we clawed through a devastating state budget deficit and endured high-profile shootings at a school and a courthouse
Bittersweet? He’s got the bitter part down, anyway. I wonder how hard he had to fight his natural hack instincts to resist starting this column “It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.”
Thanks Ruben for sharing your bleak, dismal vision of America with us in the pages of our local paper. I do think this may be the worst Christmas ever.
Let’s also thank both local newspapers for their consistent hectoring editorial voice this holiday season. I was almost starting to feel comfortable there for a moment, but now you’ve properly afflicted me. Your journalism professors would be proud.
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