2022 has finally ended. 

Some of it bad, some of it splendid.   

There was Russia’s invasion.   

And Ukraine’s self-defense.   

The west lobbed isolation 

against Moscow’s offense.   

This was also the year America closed the door  

despite a generation of fighting   

its 20-year-war 

We saw economic turmoil  

And those who could not tweet  

We debated inflation 

And whether small investors could beat the street  

We debated food, SATs, and if the Classics were overrated  

Aliens, and whether Britain’s Monarchy should be abated  

Affirmative action, cancel culture, and if Trump should be indicted, 

Unions, public radio, and what information disorder has ignited.  

Gene editing and digital dollars were fresh to the palette.  

We debated adaptation, and whether your Tesla helps the planet, 

And of course there was Roe, and if AI does more harm than good, 

Kissinger, Covid, and just how we all withstood  

midterms elections 

and if globalization backfired 

soft landings, and cities, and if democracy is mired  

in existential threat.    

OK...hold on, that’s not cheery.   

We can’t end this year leaving you tired and weary.   

So here’s to you listeners and watchers of debate 

Who at times may have wondered what is the fate  

Of a discourse that is broken  

Or at least a bit hobbled.  

When listening to a nation that yells and a people who squabble.  

Fear not, dear listeners, we say with some hope.  

We do in fact have a way you can cope.  

Real debate and discussion offers intellectual cheer.  

And so with that we wish you safe holidays…. 

… and a happy new year.  

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