Okay, Let’s Try This Again

(Can you redo a whole year?)
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Pardon me? Another scandal? Who now?

Oh. It’s just the Pope.

Last week, Pope Francis slapped a woman. He didn’t slap her in the head, of course; after all, he’s the Supreme Pontiff, not some plaid-sporting televangelist. But … still.

It’s been that kind of year, hasn’t it? This rapidly-receding twelve-month slog called 2019 was basically a big bucket of they did WHAT?

And the collection of personal and professional scandals this past year reads like a...