There is a part of The Pursuit of Happyness -- most of the last third, honestly -- that is just plain too bleak. It's taking an eternally optimistic guy just trying to scrape by and doing more than ...

"The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America," by Jeffrey Rosen, (Simon & Schuster, NY), 2024, $28.99 hardcover, 355 pages with ...

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.

"The Pursuit of Happyness" is a tender, emotional journey through a true story. Will Smith is a struggling San Francisco salesman. He's trying to keep the wolf from the door, so to speak, a roof over ...