Chaos, Context, and Continuity: What Comes Next for 2025
December 19, 2025 — Letters from an American
The closing week of 2025 felt like the end of a political era, full of frantic filings, last-minute maneuvering, and public reckonings that looked poised to reshape institutions and narratives for years to come.
Chaos, Context, and Continuity
Events blended legal contests, cultural flashpoints, and reminders of earlier crises, with officials and citizens alike invoking history to explain present anxieties while seeking stability through ordinary governance and civic rituals.
What Comes Next
As the nation moves into a new calendar, attention shifts from spectacle to structure: legislative fixes, electoral preparations, and civic conversations that either heal fractures or deepen them depending on leadership choices and public engagement.
