Good News (Part 1)

As we head toward the new year, I’d like to talk about some good news!

Most news is bad news. Why? Because the news media are like the immune system: their job is to warn us of threats. But an over-sensitive immune system can actually cause diseases, like allergies and auto-immune disorders. And the same thing can happen to the body politic when the news media exaggerates threats!

You’ve already heard more than enough bad news. But you may not have heard this good news:

• From 1990 and 2015...