Colorado Springs, July 4, 1976. Eleven years old. Standing in line to sign a ledger — name, age, city. Farmington Hills, MI. The oldest sibling, the one trusted to write legibly, the one who did the math: if I live to 111, I’ll come back for the Tricentennial. The idea…
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The Optimism Gap: Why Fewer Americans See a Better Tomorrow
The Gallup poll dropped this week with a stat that should make everyone pause: only 59.2% of Americans expect their lives to be better in five years. That’s the lowest number since they started tracking this nearly 20 years ago — and it’s down from 68.3% just five years ago….
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Dark Age Forecasts, Now With Confidence
There’s a familiar rhythm to these warnings. A solemn tone. A handful of Roman references. A quiet certainty that this time the collapse is absolute, imminent, and morally clarifying. Enter the latest declaration of the coming dark age, confidently announcing that Western civilization is on the brink — not drifting,…