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Enough With the Doom and Gloom

It’s time for some sensible optimism.

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Feb 14, 2026
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Before you get on with your weekend, I want to grab you real quick, and publicly address the chalkboard-scratchers out there, who are making a lot of noise, and our way forward in this country a whole helluva lot harder than it needs to be.

I am talking about the doom-and-gloomers, who seem to revel in reminding everybody how hopeless everything is these…

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I’m an award-winning journalist & author, who finished my newspaper career as the Managing Editor of Stars & Stripes. Our press is failing us.
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