Predictions for 2009

Here we go again with our annual predictions for the new year. What do you think will happen in 2009? See yesterday’s post for how it went last year. Some of those predictions were of bigger trends that may, in fact, be taking place. Others were highly specific and were either definitely right or definitely wrong. Both kinds of predictions are fair game. Consider developments in religion, culture, politics, economics, the arts–all of the topics we talk about on this blog. (I hope FW and Larry, the winners of last year, will weigh in with some more of their amazingly accurate prognostications.)