2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197348After commenting on the state of contemporary hadronic physics and spectroscopy, I highlight four areas where the action is: searching for the relevant degrees of freedom, mesons with beauty and charm, chiral symmetry and the D_{sJ} levels, and X(3872) and the lost tribes of charmonium.10 pages, uses jpconf.cls; talk at First Meeting of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic PhysicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyTheoretical Overview: The New Mesonstext