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Withdrawal Symptoms

February 19, 2008

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Daniel Larison

But they found that as the weeks went on, they needed more and purer hope-injections just to preserve the rush. ~David Brooks

This makes sense to me: the optimist as the psychological equivalent of a heroin addict.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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