The Year of Unconventional Wisdom

Voters had a way of not always following the script-otherwise known as "conventional wisdom"-set out by those whose columns, microphones, talk shows, and TV appearances give them the prominence to proclaim what quickly is accepted as the way it is. Perhaps the biggest lesson learned from the year gone by is that conventional wisdom-always subject to change-now does so more rapidly than ever.

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