Humorist Dave Barry s 2024 review of the wildest events of 2024 | Miami Herald
But what made 2024 truly special, in terms of sustained idiocy, was that it was an election year. This meant that day after day, month after month, the average American voter was subjected to a relentless gushing spew of campaign messaging created by political professionals who no matter what side they re on all share one unshakeable core belief, which is that the average American voter has the intellectual capacity of a potted fern. It was a brutal, depressing slog, and it felt as though it would never end. In fact it may still be going on in California, a state that apparently tabulates its ballots on a defective Etch-a-Sketch.
For most of us, though, the elections, and this insane year, are finally over. But before we move on to whatever (God help us) lies ahead, let s ingest our anti-nausea medication and take one last cringing look back at the events of 2024, starting with…
Dave Barry, the incomparable.