From Townhall: There was news the world yearned for all year: Two COVID-19 vaccines were developed and brought to market. Africa was declared free of wild polio, a disease that until recently still infected thousands of young children each year. One response to all the lockdowns and restrictions on socializing was a turbocharged rise in rescues and adoptions of animals. In the space of a few months, four Muslim countries — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco — all agreed to normalize relations with Israel.