More people this year than any other I can recall are eager to put 2016 behind them, saying it was a terrible year. Even more troubling, many are not looking forward to 2017 with the same kind of optimism about a fresh start that the clean slate of a new year usually invites. Most every American was eagerly awaiting the end of what felt like the longest, nastiest, and most polarizing presidential campaign in history. Regardless of how you hoped the election would turn out, chances are you wer...