As the nation nears a milestone, Pa. high schoolers assess the state of ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’

The Committee of Seventy’s annual essay contest asked students to reflect on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the ...
Townhall

What Does 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness' Mean?

They were making a bolder claim that became the foundation of the American Dream: that people could build meaningful lives if government protected liberty and then got out of the way. That idea still ...
Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...
New York Post

Why the ‘pursuit of happiness,’ 250 years later, remains the Declaration of Independence’s most novel phrase

The primary obligation of any government, the Declaration of Independence tells us in its famous second paragraph, is the “safety and happiness” of its citizens. The necessity of securing safety is ...
The Yellow Jacket

The VMFA brought Virginia’s

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is traveling through Virginia to bring American history to communities around the ...
PBS

Becoming America with Bonnie Boswell: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Bonnie Boswell goes in search of people breathing life into American ideals. How do we pursue happiness in a world filled with divisiveness? Bonnie Boswell travels across the country to talk with ...
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Hensley: Honoring American's right for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

The 114 th General Assembly has adjourned for 2025, and it was a very successful year. We have taken measures for Tennessee to be a better place to live, work and to raise a family. These are some of ...