I’m a bit of a pessimist. I’m in good company, in politics at least, as a supermajority of Americans have a similarly bad attitude toward our homeland. And I find melancholic fellows just as ...

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else. — ...

One of the striking features of the current age of pessimism is that the pursuit of global good is no longer what dominates the global discourse today There is an abiding sense of pessimism in ...

"You can think of this as having an optimist and a pessimist in your brain, both giving you advice on what to do next," Drugowitsch explained. When the researchers silenced the "optimistic ...

She imagines how a pessimist and an optimist might approach the problem. As she puts it, the optimist would say, “There is every reason to believe we can turn the tide and prevent the worst ...

William F. Buckley Jr.: The Most Influential Journalist in American History Don’t Increase Taxes and Crowd Out Civil Society Some in this demographic view Trump’s win not as a relief but only ...

A new poll finds that Democrats are feeling glum about their party's prospects after Republican President-elect Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Democratic pessimism about the party's ...

Up until just over a month ago, Najae Maguta had planned to sit out the November election despite voting for President Biden in 2020. She felt he was too old, and she was frustrated with his ...

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? It’s important to realize because as a leader, it can affect not just you and how you think, but also the culture you create and what the people you ...

Reviewed by Ivy Kwong, LMFTReviewed by Ivy Kwong, LMFT Most of us know whether we’re fundamentally an optimist or a pessimist. But what if your significant other is also your opposite?

If you often feel tailed by a personal, perpetual rain cloud, you might be a pessimist, a.k.a. someone who tends to have a negative outlook on life. An optimist, on the other hand, has a knack for ...