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Optimism leaves Americans open to frauds and fads for 250 years
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In 1793 Rush's yellow-fever bloodletting left yards buzzing with flies; 250 years of American optimism still sells seawater gold, Radithor and today's raw-milk and peptide promises.
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Dana Whitfield
People keep chasing miracle cures and overnight riches because they hate accepting limits on what money or medicine can do.
Automobile both enabled and undercut the American road trip ideal
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The road trip is a quintessential American experience celebrated in culture, yet many now favor flying or highway driving at high speeds, raising questions about what is lost to convenience. The articles highlight the postwar golden age of family road trips, the rise of the middle class, and the ongoing nostalgia for a form of travel that connected Americans across the landscape.
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Tom Gallagher
Interstates made long trips faster but killed the chance to wander through small towns and really see the landscape.
