Stephen L. Carter, Columnist

My Predictions for 2017 Are Looking Pretty Good

Politicians acted more or less as expected. Texas sports teams not so much.

December 28, 2017 at 4:37 PM UTC

Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a professor of law at Yale University and author of “Invisible: The Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”

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It’s late December, when columnists offer their predictions for the coming year. But as I did 12 months ago, I’d like first to see how my predictions for 2017 fared. After all, if I’m going to prognosticate, I should face up to my goofs. So, without further ado, here’s my scorecard:

1. I predicted that President Donald Trump would impose additional sanctions on Russia, because the causes of the “new Cold War” are not personal but geopolitical. True, although he had to be pushed and prodded by Congress.