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Besides, the constant effort of maintaining optimism in the face of considerable counterevidence is just too damn much work. Optimism training, affirmations and related forms of self-hypnosis are a burden that we can finally, in good conscience, set down. They won't make you richer or healthier, and, as we should have learned by now, they can easily put you in harm's way. The threats that we face, individually and collectively, won't be solved by wishful thinking but by a clear-eyed commitment to taking action in the world...
...article set off no alarms at the White House. There were no discussions in senior staff meetings and no preparations for the pre-dawn announcement. When asked if anyone at the White House had even known Obama was a nominee for the prize, Gibbs said, "Not that I can find...
Lately, Costa Rica has further ratcheted up its green ambitions, pledging to become one of the only developing nations to make itself "carbon neutral" - a zero net-emitter of carbon - by 2021. (Maldives is the only other developing country to set that goal.) Costa Ricans, or Ticos as they call themselves, believe it's attainable largely because 95% of their country's energy production already comes from renewable, non-polluting sources. As a result, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is jockeying for a global leadership role on climate change. Arias was one of five keynote speakers to address...
...just that by galvanizing his opponents at home and ratcheting up the unrealistic expectations he's been trying to downplay since he entered the White House. Here's @alexevansuk again: "I can hardly wait for reactions on US conservative blogs." Another Twitter regular says, "If the Nobel Committee deliberately set out to sabotage Obama, they couldn't have done it better." Actually, that was me. I'm sure many others will have made much the same point by now. Twitter often reminds users how many different viewpoints there are on a subject. The Nobel Committee has achieved something...
...analysts believe there will be a tipping point. With its vast stake in the region, China inevitably will have to pronounce clearer positions on a whole sticky set of conflicts - from the massacres in Sudan that Beijing has so far studiously ignored to the Israel-Palestine conflict to tensions between Iran and its neighbors. Missteps could fan popular anger and play into the hands of groups like al-Qaeda, ever eager to channel the discontent of the street. And with what many perceive as the steady decline of U.S. power and influence, China will only cast a longer shadow...