The pursuit of happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Joy is more enduring than simply getting something we want. All human beings want happiness. But we’re often hard-pressed to define this ...

The American Declaration of Independence speaks of the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Recently, following the pioneering work of Martin Seligman, founder of ...

Finding balance in life can be difficult, but it is essential. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable ...

There’s a key line of the Declaration of Independence, whose passage we mark on the Glorious Fourth of July, now 249 years later: how the people of these United States “are endowed by their Creator ...

Happiness is not a fleeting destination but a profound and multifaceted journey that requires self-reflection, inner strength cultivation, and meaningful connections. Embrace the wisdom of Aristotle, ...

Bill Firstenberger joins Gail Martin to discuss Jeffrey Rosen's, The Pursuit of Happi What did happiness mean in the 1700's in Massachusetts and Virginia? What does Happiness mean today? Are we ...

America loves to talk about happiness. The word is everywhere, as is the search for its meaning. Gurus take to stages across the country to pronounce on the precepts of happiness. Bookstores have ...

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Most Americans are familiar with these words, even if they don’t know that they are contained in the introduction to the Declaration of Independence, the ...

Author Jeffrey Rosen on what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders. What did "the pursuit of happiness" mean to our nation’s Founders, and why was it included in the Declaration of ...

The youth of the American republic is one of its oldest traditions. Its unique origins will always make it younger than any other nation. Yet the United States is also the world’s oldest democracy.