Why? Because 80% of the headline news, say at Yahoo! news front page, is bad news, even on the New Year's Day. That is even hard for a happy person to take. If one is not happy, he does not need more bad news. Maybe it’s time for the media to rethink of its negative impact on people’s daily life. Make people happy, not sad, every day!

ps. I am glad that the world didn’t end in 2012. However, Super Storm Sandy, Newtown killing of little kids, and then the horror story of a female Indian medical student, each depressed me for days. I could not imagine what these victims’ families were going through, and felt the hopelessness of not being a superman.