{"id":29619,"date":"2025-01-03T16:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/how-will-2025-turn-out-the-life-of-jimmy-carter-offers-an-unexpected-clue-jonathan-freedland\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:46:44","slug":"how-will-2025-turn-out-the-life-of-jimmy-carter-offers-an-unexpected-clue-jonathan-freedland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/how-will-2025-turn-out-the-life-of-jimmy-carter-offers-an-unexpected-clue-jonathan-freedland\/","title":{"rendered":"How will 2025 turn out? The life of Jimmy Carter offers an unexpected clue | Jonathan Freedland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissed as a loser at the time, the former US president left behind an enduring legacy \u2013 with lessons for today<\/p>\n<p>How will we look back on 2025? Or, if that seems too absurd a question to ponder just a few days into the new year, how might we view the first quarter of the 21st century? As it happens, the answer to both questions is the same and it was confirmed by an event that came as the old year faded and the new one began.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/29\/jimmy-carter-obituary\">death of Jimmy Carter<\/a>. The assessments of the former US president\u2019s life and legacy have illustrated an uncomfortable truth \u2013 one that is especially unsettling for journalists, as it happens \u2013 but which also offers some unexpected hope.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/jan\/03\/2025-jimmy-carter-us-president-legacy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissed as a loser at the time, the former US president left behind an enduring legacy \u2013 with lessons for today How will we look back on 2025? Or, if that seems too absurd a question to ponder just a few days into the new year, how might we view the first quarter of the &#8230; <a title=\"How will 2025 turn out? The life of Jimmy Carter offers an unexpected clue | Jonathan Freedland\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/how-will-2025-turn-out-the-life-of-jimmy-carter-offers-an-unexpected-clue-jonathan-freedland\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How will 2025 turn out? The life of Jimmy Carter offers an unexpected clue | Jonathan Freedland\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}