I look forward to a New Year with the usual hopes and aspirations; however, the reality around us is inescapable. ! I hope we will have a new year when Russia and Ukraine sit around a table and resolve that conflict amicably. It may not be in the best interests of the deep state in Washington, who were having a field day waging a proxy war with the blood and sweat of Ukrainians and to the utter destruction of their homeland. The Washington Elites, who would never send their sons and daughters to war, have no qualms about Russians and Ukrainians fighting it out till the end, thereby achieving their so-called 'strategic objective'.

I also look forward to a New Year when some common sense prevails regarding this administration's so-called energy policies. Fossil fuel deposits are wealth this country is blessed with. Renewable energy is always welcome, and nobody is against a cleaner environment. However, what is the point of a cleaner earth where people die of cold due to the unaffordability of heating oil or gas or are out of work due to nonsensical policies out of Washington where those in power are making deals with Beijing and ready to transfer more wealth to a totalitarian regime! The fanatical climate extremism of a minority is busy driving the American middle class into poverty.

I am also looking forward to a New Year when our Children are no more confused about their gender and teachers are more focused on teaching kids reading and writing and  Math and Science instead of engaging in social engineering. The pandemic has set our children back years with  lost learning and let us promote more sensible policies in crises instead of allowing the politicians, bureaucrats, and teacher’s union to accumulate more power!

Finally, I look forward to  more peaceful neighborhoods where the government will keep its obligation to provide safety and security to its law-abiding citizens and punish those who willfully violate them. A civilized society will not survive the onslaught of criminality that goes unchecked. I can't wait to travel in subways without looking over my shoulder, shuddering in fear that I could be the next one tossed onto the track of an incoming train.

Without peace and tranquility, no nation could progress, and those elements which are indulged in spreading hatred, bigotry, and religious nationalism to polarize the communities should be utterly rejected as we herald the New Year in the spirit of truth and harmony!