Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of early American leaders ratified the Declaration of Independence...Today, the world is hooked on GPS.

The Oxford University Press word of the year for 2025 was "rage bait," explained as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to or engagement with a particular web page or social media content.”To get in on this action, we will make our bold predictions for 2026 - with our own more measured take.