America 11: Happiness

A lot of people come to this country pursuing happiness. I wonder how many find it? Life and liberty are things you can acquire, keep and protect. But how do you secure happiness? It's perhaps telling that Jefferson's "unalienable rights" didn't – couldn't – include a right to happiness. Instead, we are given happiness as a pursuit; not some goalpost we pass and then stop, but a guiding light ever in the distance.