How will we look back on 2025? Or, if that seems too absurd a question to ponder just a few days into the new year, how might we view the first quarter of the 21st century? As it happens, the answer to both questions is the same and it was confirmed by an event that came as the old year faded and the new one began.
I’m referring to the death of Jimmy Carter. The assessments of the former US president’s life and legacy have illustrated an uncomfortable truth – one that is especially unsettling for journalists, as it happens – but which also offers some unexpected hope.
