“The Pursuit of Happiness”
28 Jan 2025
For the Founders, the pursuit of happiness meant not feeling good, but being good—not the pursuit of immediate pleasure, but the pursuit of long-term virtue.
Forum
America
Happiness
Virtue
Topic
Constitution, U.S.
The Hard Work of Understanding the Constitution
18 Sep 2012
But here’s some bad news: it’s hard work to understand the Constitution. At least it’s hard work if you try to understand what it meant to those who wrote and ratified its provisions. In my view, that is the understanding we must seek.
Forum
America
Citizenship
Government
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