Authored by Jim Bovard,

Though 2022 was a feast for cynics, The Washington Post is confident that next year will be much happier — at least for Democrats. The DC newspaper this week published a piece called "15 Reasons You Should be Hopeful for 2023."It should have been called ­"liberals have learned nothing in the Biden era."

The vast power of the Justice Department is at the top of the article's list for reasons for "hope." Post columnist Jennifer Rubin gushes over the likelihood that Donald Trump will be indicted on criminal charges and hectors readers: "Accountability is a critical component for democracies, and . . . we are seeing the guardrails of democracy and the rule of law reestablished."

But the Post's glorified guardrails include a "Do Not Enter" sign for Hunter Biden's laptop and plenty of other federal rascality.