About this time every year, I burrow deep down into the bottom of my closet and dust off my old crystal ball.

Not a lot of people know this but I spent some time as a fortuneteller at Coney Island, New York, back in the 1970s honing my seer skills. A talent like this could be dangerous in the wrong hands, so I typically flex my prophetic muscles only once a year.

Andy Graham is a regular columnist for The Outlook.