Scanning the screens on this morning of 2026 CE, I noted that if 2025 was Anno Horribilis, folks hope 2026 will be Anno Mirabilis, which led me to ask what Anno Mirabilis 2026 would be.
My first thought was that the ICE raids would end, the streets calm down, and the U.S. would return to welcoming immigrants as my grandparents and great-grandparents were welcomed at the beginning of the 20th century.
Next, laws would be passed to re-establish and strengthen the middle class of this country: Tax credits for those at the bottom of the economic scale, moderate taxes from the middle, a fair share from the top, and free access to the best medical services for all.
In an Anno Mirabilis, science would be restored to an honored and supported source of insight, innovation, future prosperity, and reduced suffering. As science has detected that human activity has changed the climate for the last century, let science show us how to improve it in the next century.
An Anno Mirabilis foreign policy would recognize that justly deliberated and restrained international economic cooperation, free trade and markets contribute to well-being and trust among all nations and peoples.
Most of all, from the meekest to the most powerful, from the richest to the poorest, from the foolish and the wise, may 2026 be a year in which we all take a moment to become kinder, juster, and more reasonable before we speak, write, or act.
What a comprehensively gorgeous vision for 2026. I especially love that it ended with an appeal to each of us to be kind, just, compassionate. We may not be able to save the world, but we can do our own intimate actions from the divine indwelling of love.