I agree with you about "hopefully." But in the sentence that begins "So, if our colleagues at the Associated Press, for whom we rely so much for reports on the world beyond our region..." shouldn't it be "on whom we rely"?

The seemingly dangling adverb "hopefully" has been with us several decades and parallels a cultural change in the U.S. -- the decline of religion as a cultural common denominator. In the past, the phrase "God willing" was the construct for which we now use "hopefully." God willing, the language police will come to realize that this poor adverb is little more than a reflection of our more secular society.

"Hopefully" may be overused, but hardly rates as a major irritant.

What drives me up a wall is the rise in the use of "Thanks" as a synonim of "As a consequence"; as in "Thanks to the hurricane the house was destroyed".