{"id":5216,"date":"2022-01-02T07:56:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:56:29","slug":"a-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/a-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live With It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the beginning of a New Year, the third year of the third decade of the twenty-first century of the Common Era.\u00a0\u00a0So first of all, Happy New Year.\u00a0\u00a0While 2022 seems as fraught with peril as 2021, there are also signs of hope.\u00a0\u00a0In 2021 we missed the opportunity to \u201cstop\u201d the Covid 19 pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0Now in 2022 we are learning how to live with it (at least, those of us who can survive it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s the old comedy line:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019ll, I\u2019ve got some good news and 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