The Case for American Seriousness

We don't need aging institutions to pave the way for 21st-century dynamism. What we need is will. And audacity.

The Case for American Seriousness A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Vandenberg U.S. Space Force Base on February 2, 2022, in Lompoc, California. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) We don't need aging institutions to pave the way for 21st-century dynamism. What we need is will. And audacity. This article is part of The Zeitgeist. Follow to get everything we publish on ideas, arts, entertainment, dating, faith and more. You can’t be a successful investor if you look at the world with ironic detachment. If you are a naysayer. Or a cynic. Skeptical, yes, of course.…

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