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							<title><![CDATA[American Optimism Proves Its Resilience]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Clay Routledge</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most of us still have gratitude for our country, pride in its history and confidence in its future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Still Believe in America&rsquo;s Role in Global Progress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/22/americans_still_believe_americas_role_global_progress_153203.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Clay Routledge</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A decline in national pride. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Doomerism'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' within Gen Z. The death of American exceptionalism.
Wherever you look, it is easy to find a pessimistic perspective about the future of America. But the American spirit is still very much alive.
Despite growing political polarization and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Amid Division, Let&rsquo;s Unite Around Human Progress]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Clay Routledge</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Americans, we have accepted division as par for the course. Whether it is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 100 days'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cultural issues, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'division'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' itself may be the most overused word in America.
The constant drumbeat of cultural conflicts and partisan standoffs creates an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For 2nd Trump Term, America Must Unite Around Progress Mindset]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/14/for_2nd_trump_term_america_must_unite_around_progress_mindset_152091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Clay Routledge</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the middle of a Trump transition, the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Resistance 2.0,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and the inevitable partisan mud-slinging, it is easy to lose faith in humanity'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s future. Polls show growing pessimism about everything from democracy to economic mobility to climate change.
Yet the major challenges...]]></description>
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