Opinion | ‘A Hard Time We Had of It’
This week Ross Douthat shares one of his favorite poems for the occasion, “The Journey of the Magi,” written by T.S. Eliot, to reflect on a year one might call “interesting.” See you next year!
‘A Hard Time We Had of It’
A fitting poem for a transformative year.
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