We’ve Had It Worse. Don’t worry. Remember.
Opinion • December 2008 • Views: 325
How sour is the public mood? An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found about half of people believe 2008 was one of the worst years in American history. At times, Abraham Lincoln’s lament has seemed apt, “We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.”
But some perspective, please. Even a steep recession doesn’t compare with the events that have made for America’s worst years…