Among the many important themes in his March 1, 2022, State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared that "the watchdogs are back," when he announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would appoint a Chief Prosecutor for pandemic fraud.
Even before the pandemic, inadequate childcare was costing working parents 37 billion dollars a year in lost income and employers 13 billion dollars a year in lost productivity.
For many reasons, 2021 felt like déjà vu all over again. The pandemic dragged on, Tom Brady won another Superbowl, and swarms of cicadas greeted us on their 17-year cycle.