by Clay Routledge | Jul 4, 2022 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in Fortune Magazine. We live in highly polarized times. Far-left activists act like the United States is a force for evil in the world, while far-right nationalists act as if they are the sole defenders of the American way of...
by Clay Routledge | Jun 9, 2022 | Articles and Op Eds
The article was originally published in Discourse Magazine. The data show that love of country correlates with optimism about the future, which facilitates positive change. Surveys show that patriotism is unpopular among progressives. To many of them, love of...
by Clay Routledge | May 18, 2022 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in Profectus Magazine. The following is an interview conducted by Profectus Co-editor Clay Routledge with Brendan Case and Matthew T. Lee. Brendan Case, Th.D., is the Associate Director for Research of the Human Flourishing...
by Clay Routledge | Mar 31, 2022 | Psychology of Progress, Research Reports
Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Optimism plays a central role in human progress. Therefore, it is concerning that many Americans are pessimistic about the future of the United States and its role in the world. For example, according to a Pew Research Center...
