Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

We have passed the barrier to the New Year. We are leaving behind the old year and, with it, an eight year old national Democratic administration. President Barack Obama has left the stage snapping and growling – at Israel, among others . The question of the day is: How will things shape up in the New Year? An old saying has it, let no man count himself favored by fortune before he is tucked safely into his grave. Time always conceals under its wings some world-changing surprises. For instance, Russia will be celebrating the 100 th anniversary of the Russian Revolution in the New Year.  At the butt end of the 19 th century, very few people could have imagined six decades of Communist rule. The rule mentioned above – don’t count your chickens before they hatch – applies as well to the new administration, which will not officially begin until January 14. The truth is no one knows what will happen, until it happens. Donald Trump has been comfortable most of his life inve...