Maybe it's just the summer doldrums. The heat wears on people and can make us exceedingly negative. Plus we've had a good dose of bad news of late. And if you're not careful, you begin to focus on a few dead trees rather than the healthy forest.
America will be just fine. Our vital signs are healthy. We will overcome our problems and challenges because we have remarkable strengths like
1) The dream factor. Millions (perhaps billions) of humans in other countries long to come here because they know that America is still the place where they can fulfill their dreams. No other country captures the imagination and the delight of the possible like America.
2) Innovation. Dreams become reality here because 1/3 of all the money invested in research and development is spent in the U.S. And we account for nearly 1/2 of all the world's patents.
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Published on August 24, 2011 10:04