2012: A year of turbulence and transformed landscapes

Period brings agitation on atmosphere, politics and economy

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press President Barack Obama campaigns for re-election in the heavy rain July 14 at Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Va., near Richmond. It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Our atmosphere, ...

It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Our atmosphere, our politics, our economy—rarely in memory have they seemed in such constant agitation.

Our emotions, too. In the year’s final weeks, amid a ...

Published: 12/26/2012