Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: My manager says I’m a glass-half-empty person, but I consider myself a realist. I’ve always leaned toward pessimism, yet I’m ...

Hilary Duff is showing more vulnerability than ever before on her new album luck... or something, her first in 10 years. On “The Optimist,” co-written and produced by her husband, Matthew Koma, the ...

Americans offer plenty of reasons for pessimism about the economy. Housing is expensive, and home-owning is often out of reach. A college degree doesn’t carry the competitive edge it once did. Many ...

This is lowest level of optimism recorded since Gallup began tracking the question nearly two decades ago. A new poll shows Americans’ optimism about the future has dropped to a record low, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Nearly half of U.S. workers have lost faith that wages will ...

The number of Americans who anticipate they will have “high-quality lives” in five years’ time has dropped to a nearly two-decade low, according to a poll released Tuesday. Around 6 in 10 people ...

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth. — Janeane Garofalo A pessimist is a man who looks both ...

The goal should be to allay the public’s concerns as much as possible, not to fuel them. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has some good advice for this White House: Since a few people have asked, ...

Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET CNBC's Jim Cramer said investors need to look beneath negative headlines for opportunities. "If you're a prisoner of pessimism, you must break free if you're trying ...

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? If you’re the latter, it may be time to start looking on the bright side. Recommended Videos “Research indicates that people who engage in optimistic ...

Reading old books is great for getting a perspective on our present situation. I just finished a 2011 book by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, “That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in ...

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