Barrie Dunsmore: Is the end in sight?

Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be found on his website, www.barriedunsmore.com.
How will it end? When will it end?
As I am the geezer with the newspaper column, those are the questions I am constantly asked these days. (If I knew the precise answers I could start a new career in Las Vegas.) Of course neither I nor anyone else