The American Declaration of Independence enshrines three basic rights: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It’s noteworthy that our founding fathers put happiness right up there with life and ...

African American history does not provide a great vantage point on the history of human flourishing. Instead, it is one of the most depressing subfields in American history—second perhaps only to ...

I've spent 12 years studying happiness and human nature, and in my new book, "Secrets to Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives," I share concrete and manageable advice that solves common ...

In this week's New Yorker, David Brooks ditches his familiar 800-word prose for a 5,000+ word dissertation. Armed with a library of surveys, biological studies and findings from evolutionary ...

A quick scan of David Brooks's column archive reveals his proclivity for waxing philosophical about Big Themes in government and society. The New York Times pundit's latest social commentary is a ...

Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes. By Anthony DePalma Alice Munro, the revered Canadian author who started writing short ...