Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts

Friday, December 29, 2017

Annus Horribilis: A Look Back at 2017 Explains Why It Was Such a Rotten Year

  by Nomad


The Latin term, annus horribilis, translates to "horrible year" and it is hard to describe 2017 as anything but horrible. From political catastrophes to acts of violence to natural disasters, there wasn't too much cause for celebrate.
With a few hard-to-find exceptions the events of the year were, for the most part, just 365 days of awfulness. By the end of 2017, most of us seem shell-shocked and looking over this list, that's a natural reaction.
A year ago, we all thought it couldn't get much worse.