Read more optimism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15692/optimism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74186/us-needs-to-regain-faith-in-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica needs to overcome its "crisis of faith" caused by China's phenomenal growth, writes David Brooks. Today's China is optimistic, forward-looking, and dynamic in the way America once was and should hope to be again, he points out in the New York Times . Surveys show that 86% of Chinese believe...http://www.newser.com/story/74186/us-needs-to-regain-faith-in-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66604/optimistic-women-face-lower-heart-disease-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen 50 and up who see the glass as half full have a lower risk of getting heart disease—or dying of any cause—than their half-empty peers, a study suggests. Researchers found that over 8 years, the most optimistic subjects in their 97,000-woman-strong study faced a 9% lower...http://www.newser.com/story/66604/optimistic-women-face-lower-heart-disease-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 10:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56974/poll-us-on-right-track-for-first-time-in-5-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, according to an AP poll. The percentage of Americans saying the country is headed in the right direction rose to 48%, up eight points from February, while 44% say the nation...http://www.newser.com/story/56974/poll-us-on-right-track-for-first-time-in-5-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 5:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56449/dont-get-excited-crisis-isnt-over-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe’re hearing about “glimmers of hope" from policymakers, but the president’s biggest lefty naysayer has a word of warning: “Don’t count your recoveries before they’re hatched,” Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times . “Premature optimism” has been disastrous during previous downturns, and we can’t let “complacency” foil us now....http://www.newser.com/story/56449/dont-get-excited-crisis-isnt-over-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 10:54:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54816/big-strides-in-us-optimism-poll-shows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican attitudes are showing signs of a turnaround in the 70 days since Barack Obama took the reins, a new ABC News/ Washington Post poll reports. The percentage who say the country is headed in the right direction has more than doubled since the end of the Bush era—some...http://www.newser.com/story/54816/big-strides-in-us-optimism-poll-shows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 6:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54517/economic-hopes-on-the-rise-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore Americans appear to have hope that the economy is finally back on track. Over the past two weeks, the percentage of Gallup responders who hold that the economy is getting better has continually increased. From Monday through Wednesday, that percentage—29%—was the highest it’s been since July 2007,...http://www.newser.com/story/54517/economic-hopes-on-the-rise-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 6:39:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48557/no-we-cant-meet-the-pessimist-in-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama, elected on a tide of optimism, insisted yesterday that a new generation could meet the challenges of the age. Yet he described economic crisis and a collective failure of will, with no promise of rebirth or redemption, Times of London columnist Daniel Finkelstein observes. And that may be...http://www.newser.com/story/48557/no-we-cant-meet-the-pessimist-in-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 11:07:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48228/patient-us-has-faith-in-obama-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans are vastly unhappy about the current state of the union—but have widespread faith in Barack Obama to nurse the nation back to health, according to the latest polls. Of those surveyed, 79% of Americans are optimistic about Obama's tenure, a higher figure than findings for the past five...http://www.newser.com/story/48228/patient-us-has-faith-in-obama-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 8:51:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40466/can-phanatics-cheer-up-at-last.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOptimism doesn’t come easy to Phillies fans. “They feel like dogs that have been kicked too much,” one UPenn professor tells Allen Barra of the Wall Street Journal . The Phillies have won precisely one title in their 125-year history, amid mountains of grim collapses. “Phillies history is a birthright,” says...http://www.newser.com/story/40466/can-phanatics-cheer-up-at-last.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Oct 2008 10:35:30 CDT