If you strained a muscle picking up your newspaper on Sunday, you’re probably not alone.
Undoubtedly there was progress in 2020. You probably still need time to read through all of the progress in our yearly Progress section that came out Sunday. Some of you may not want to read it, and while that hurts my feelings just a little bit, I can understand why: 2020 was a doozy.
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