Happiness

Good news about motherhood

The Institute for Family Studies has just released a report that finds: Consistent with previous surveys, our new survey finds that married mothers are happier than unmarried women or women…

Focusing on the Pursuit of Happiness

Arthur Brooks discusses his ongoing efforts to promote happiness. My happiness class at the Harvard Business School is very oversubscribed. It’s about happiness, after all. Who wouldn’t want that? The…

The political definition of joy gets weirder

Given this understanding, Gov. Roy Cooper's remarks at his press briefing April 6 were all the more bizarre.

Have a Joy-Filled Holiday

Human happiness and government programs

Richard Fernandez writes at PJMedia.com about the poor link between government programs and happiness. The 20th century tended to define progress in terms of material goods. In 1920 Lenin confidently…

Conservative happiness, generosity, and purposefulness

Glenn Stanton writes for the Federalist about good news for conservatives. Who’s happier, finds more meaning in life, and is more generous to the poor — liberals or conservatives? Liberals,…

Kids and happiness

Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon reports on recent research involving children and parents’ happiness. Does having kids make us happier? Yes, a new paper argues—once you control…

New Carolina Journal Online features

John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. craft distillers’ complaints about the state ABC monopoly. John Hood’s Daily Journal explores links between government and happiness.

National Review column pegs the ‘price’ of feminism

Mona Charen writes at National Review Online about the negative impact of feminism. Every year since 1972, the General Social Survey has asked a representative sample of American adults how…

Don’t worry, be happy … or at least focus on the ‘happy’ part

The latest Bloomberg Businessweek features an article from Charles Kenny of the Center for Global Development about the tangible value of optimism and happiness. Just as Western pessimism is excessive,…

Brooks’ long and winding road

Michael Medved reviews in the latest issue of Commentary magazine American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks‘ new book, The Road To Freedom. While it’s not yet posted online, here’s a…

Hood’s analysis attracts attention

A Forbes blog this week cited John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s recent National Affairs article detailing problems associated with Medicaid. The Raleigh Public Record cited Hood’s recent analysis of…