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We’ve been hearing dire warnings about it for years, with little impact on interest rates or investor returns, so why worry now?

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Levy: With every character, at the beginning of this show, I’m thinking, how can we exacerbate the dire circumstances that crime would rub up against?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In video presentation late Tuesday, CEO Gary Friedman highlighted tariffs, global discord amid the Iran war and “the most dire housing market in decades” as creating an environment of heightened uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A recent Brookings report issued dire warnings about the effects of AI on learning, saying it would lead to the “great unwiring of students’ cognitive capacities.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Even in the most dire circumstances, we all have power and agency, the ability to choose what we think and how we respond to the circumstances of our lives.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander