On Christmas Eve, I cited Isaiah from the Jewish Bible. A prophet of ancient Israel, Isaiah foretold many things, including the birth of a baby that would lead the people to a world of perfect peace. As a seer of future events, many people consider Isaiah’s predictions remarkably accurate.
Of course, there have been many prophets over the centuries. Far more predictions have been dismal failures than have hit anywhere close to their intended mark. For every Isaiah, history has forgotten countless others who dared to foretell future events.
So, at the risk of joining the thousands on the trash heap of history, I offer my predictions for 2014. And, perhaps like Isaiah, I offer these predictions not so much in the spirit of clinical accuracy, but in the desire to instill hope in a people whose faith could use a boost.
- In 2014, the trend of electing mental midgets, corporate tools and special interest pawns will decline.
- In 2014, the federal government will heed the overwhelming will of the people and pass comprehensive legislation creating mandatory background checks for all gun purchases.
- In 2014, the kinks in the Affordable Care Act will slowly disappear, silencing its critics into well-deserved irrelevancy.
- In 2014, the voices of women will grow until even the most hard-of-hearing legislators are forced to listen.
- In 2014, long overdue immigration reform will provide a reasonable path to citizenship for millions of future Americans.
- In 2014, progressive leaders and thinking will sprout from the dunghill of reactionary, no-nothingism that has strangled our nation for too long.
- In 2014, Michigan will join the growing list of states removing restrictions barring same-sex marriage.
- In 2014, we will look less for the differences that separate us, and more for the common bonds that unite us.
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