A look back at the decade from the POV of a Boston-based Rip van Winkle who dozed off in 1999.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/30/end_of_a_decade/
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/30/end_of_a_decade/