Morning Jolt: Virginia Man Urges You to Leave Despair Behind

Making the click-through worthwhile: Why there's no need for despair about your life, yet no point in looking for reassurance from the morning headlines; the summit with North Korea has been canceled, and that’s not such a bad thing; why NFL players don't care if they're denounced for kneeling during the National Anthem; and finally, the Washington Capitals give the nation's capital a good reason to cheer.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love America's Idiots

David French looks at the declining birth rate in America and wonders if we're a country that is slowly succumbing to despair:

According to Psychology Today, "the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s."

I must confess that, as the parent of two teenagers, none of this surprises me. I talk to my kids' parents. I know their friends and peers. And while there are notable exceptions to every trend, theirs is not a generation characterized by hope and joy. I can't tell you how many times I've ...

May 24 2018

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Virginia Man Urges You to Leave Despair Behind

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: Why there's no need for despair about your life, yet no point in looking for reassurance from the morning headlines; the summit with North Korea has been canceled, and that’s not such a bad thing; why NFL players don't care if they're denounced for kneeling during the National Anthem; and finally, the Washington Capitals give the nation's capital a good reason to cheer.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love America's Idiots

David French looks at the declining birth rate in America and wonders if we're a country that is slowly succumbing to despair:

According to Psychology Today, "the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s."

I must confess that, as the parent of two teenagers, none of this surprises me. I talk to my kids' parents. I know their friends and peers. And while there are notable exceptions to every trend, theirs is not a generation characterized by hope and joy. I can't tell you how many times I've ... Read More

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