by Craig Nash | Feb 5, 2024 | Feature-, News
The January Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found more Americans (45%) are optimistic about their lives over the next year than those who are pessimistic (31%). Almost a quarter (24%) of respondents believe their lives will remain “about the same.” Overall optimism has seen...
by Ben Brown | Jun 27, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
An amusing moment happened several years ago during a community theater production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” For those unfamiliar, a production of “Into the Woods” usually runs a little over 2.5 hours. It’s a long show, and the plot is tremendously...
by Leroy Seat | Nov 22, 2021 | Opinion
A good friend recently wrote, “My usual optimism is fading.” I responded, “I am sorry to hear that your optimism is waning – but that is not necessarily a bad thing, for it is better to be realistic than optimistic. And don’t give up hope; there is a difference...
by Guy Sayles | Nov 17, 2011 | Opinion
Nothing is easier to come by than pessimism. There are plenty of reasons for it. The economic outlook is (still) gloomy: scarce jobs, skyrocketing healthcare costs and crashing retirement investments. Political discourse is relentlessly coarsening. Leaders can’t...
by Ray Waddle | Apr 26, 2002 | News
Wendell Berry—Kentucky farmer, poet, essayist and contrarian who’s skeptical of just about everything in corporate America—is nevertheless a man full of hope. Just don’t call him an optimist. “Optimism is a kind of program, a belief in some theory of...
