A case for optimism

Don't bet against America

Last night, President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress to deliver his State of the Union address.

Did you watch it, last night? I didn’t. It was after my bedtime.

But, I did watch it this morning and have read the transcript a couple times.

This post isn’t really about what the President said, though. It’s more a continuation of my assessment of the state of our union.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve talked at length about the contraction in America’s economy, in terms of dynamism, and how seemingly the world has lost its mind.*

Despite these dual challenges (the multi-decade decline in dynamism and the seemingly deteriorating situations at home and abroad), Americans should remain optimistic about the future. 

We are the inheritors of a legacy of innovative problem solvers and builders.  We have overcome terrible challenges over and over. We established the first modern republic. We have faced our brothers and sisters and neighbors in a terrible civil war and r…