Doomscrolling Defined

             Headlines From the Front Page of the New York Times
     There is no escaping this subject, even when you turn to Mulcahy's Miscellany. You will be able to figure out quickly what the subject is, by looking at the following headlines. These are from just one day, today, Jan. 20, 2026. From one front page! There were a few more found on the e-edition of the NYT, where the same subject is involved, if not explicitly mentioned: "We Ask Only That You Don’t Harm Greenland" and "Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home."
    My resolution early in this new year is to not mention this subject again, but you know how difficult it can be to keep one's resolutions. There will be a massive global regret when we realize how much time we all spent on such a subject.

"The Trump Drama Hits Davos"
"Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine"
Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism
"Trump’s First Year Could Have Lasting Economic Consequences"
"Trump 2.0: A Year of Unconstrained Power"
"How Trump Is Remaking America, State by State"
"When Trump Took a Whack at the C.D.C., Atlanta Lost Something, Too"
"Federal Reserve Inquiry Clouds Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Oust Lisa Cook"
"How Trump Uses the Oval Office to Flex Power on the World Stage"
"‘This Is Trump’s Goon Squad, for Christ’s Sake’"
"After Trump Shut the Border, a Texas Shelter for Migrants Emptied"
"With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest"
"European "Leaders Push Back as President Reinforces Greenland Threats"
"Falsehoods Fueled Trump’s First Year Back in Office"

                     The Subject Could Not Be Avoided, Even in Cartoons

And, again, even when not directly mentioned, the subject is obvious.