to the point

As the year 2020 draws to a close Thursday, I suspect the best thing we might say about the year is that it’s almost over.

Without question, it’s a year that goes into the history books with a big asterisk next to it in many descriptive ways.

The COVID-19 year.

The quarantine year.

The year that saw government closure of the airline industry; the restaurant industry; the cruise ship industry.

The year …