The Week in Ideas: What strange things does 2022 have in store for us? Take this quiz and find out.

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Opinions you may have missed.       By Michael Duffy Opinions editor-at-large  Email Post columnist David Ignatius has long made a specialty of squeezing information from the darker corners of Washington — and from sources overseas.  Recently, David has been greeting each Jan. 1 with an artful blueprint for the coming year that masquerades as a quiz. I urge you to read it and test your luck.   The franchise was pioneered years ago by William Safire of the New York Times, and David's version is not for the fainthearted; I can guarantee you his interactive rendering of 2022 includes a few outcomes that you will not have imagined. That's partly because tucked into the multiple-choice questions is a great deal of reporting about people and places that David has been covering for a generation. David helpfully provides his own best guesses before the column concludes. But he notes, as Safire once said, that if you get all the answers right, "You belong in jail." Good luck on the quiz — and thanks for reading. (Photo by Bandar Al-Jaloud/Saudi Royal Palace/AFP via Getty Images) What strange things does 2022 have in store for us? Take this quiz and find out. Predicting the future is hard, whether it's about North Korea, space warfare or presidential politics. By David Ignatius ●  Read more »       ADVERTISEMENT   Why I forgive Ralph Northam Northam talked about "the yearbook incident" with the refreshing humility of someone who has been through and learned from a searing experience. By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »   Mitch McConnell's un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court This is not a normal legal argument. It's certainly not a conservative one. By Ruth Marcus ●  Read more »   Pandemic tears of joy Amid the pain and loss of the pandemic, there are also joys — small, everyday pleasures that make me weep. By Catherine Rampell ●  Read more »   Putin wants to shut down Russia's Memorial, but he can't erase the past Russia can try to liquidate Memorial, but it can't eliminate the memory of Stalin's crimes, nor those of Mr. Putin today. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   John Madden, as his friends remember him He is being eulogized for his coaching and TV careers — not to mention the video game — but here in Monterey, we knew him mainly as a good guy. And a great eater. By Peter Funt ●  Read more »   Some Things That Didn't Go Wrong in 2021 Is this optimism? By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Catherine Rampell for email alerts every time Catherine publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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