Have You Heard the Good News?

Probably not, since the daily litany from the press usually involves mayhem and tragedy. Michael Barone tells us we're not getting the whole story:

Things are better than you think. Yes, I know, most Americans are in a sour mood these days, convinced that the struggle in Iraq is an endless cycle of bloodshed, certain that our economy is in dismal shape, lamenting that the nation and the world are off on the wrong track. That's what polls tell us. But if we look at some other numbers, we'll find that we are living not in the worst of times but in something much closer to the best

Read the rest of it here. As Glenn Reynolds reminds us, if a Dem is elected President, we'll hear nothing but the good numbers from that point on.