Ted Anthony
December 28, 2020 - 12:05 AM
GLENSHAW, Pa. - The enormous signs, selling for just $9.99, greet shoppers at the suburban supermarketâs entryway, carrying a holiday message that means something very different this year: âGATHER,â they shout, even as the stateâs governor urges citizens to do precisely otherwise.
To come together or to stay apart: one of the countless, sometimes excruciating dilemmas that Americans find themselves caught between as a disheartening year is finally and enthusiastically shown the door.
Theyâre caught between presidents, one of whom is clear that he really doesnât want to go away. Theyâre between a ragged year of pandemic and either a successful vaccine or another chapter of upheaval. Theyâre between people on one side who say the countryâs crashing and burning â and people on the other side who say the same thing.