From the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those ...
The Declaration of Independence promises the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. At a time when the language and intent of the Constitution are under intense scrutiny, one legal ...
Pianist Jennifer Blyth and baritone James Martin perform Jeffrey Rosen's ''The Golden Mean: Songs for the Pursuit of Happiness'' at the American Philosophical Society. During the COVID lockdowns, ...
To the Founders, Rosen argues, the pursuit of happiness “was a quest for self-improvement and moral perfection,” a quest not ...
'Pursuit of Happiness' by Jeffrey Rosen. On the right, Rosen at the First Amendment Summit. (Photo of Rosen by Cory Sharber/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what ...
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 ...
In 1815, the head of a boarding school in Maine wrote to Thomas Jefferson asking for some wisdom to pass along to his students. Jefferson responded by sending a passage from a Stoic self-help manual, ...
"A free people (claim) their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate." -- Thomas Jefferson: Rights of British America, 1774. ME 1:209, Papers 1:134 Are ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! During the COVID lockdowns, Jeffrey Rosen, director of the National Constitution ...