It’s no secret that in many ways I’m less than sanguine about the direction of the country and the world. As a guy who by long habit (I’ll not make a virtue of the habit) sees the glass half empty, it probably behooves me to mention things that cheer me up. Although I open with an explicitly religious one, they’re not all religious by any means. One of them may even have anti-religious undertones. And not even one is political; where’s the good news in that wasteland?

1. Romans 8:38-39.
2. People voting with their feet.
3. Beauty.
4. Steven Pinker.
5. Front Porch Republic.
6. Craftsmanship.

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