The Pursuit of Happiness sounds simple. Everyone should be free to seek a satisfying life. But what does that freedom require? Common Sense 2.0 examines the Pursuit of Happiness as more than the freedom to chase personal ambitions. It asks readers to consider the conditions people need before that pursuit becomes genuinely possible. A person … Read more
Rights can be written into declarations, constitutions, and laws. But words alone cannot protect anyone. For rights to have practical meaning, there must be a government capable of securing them. This idea is central to Common Sense 2.0. The book returns to the principles of the Declaration of Independence and asks what they require from … Read more
Equality sits at the heart of the American promise, yet the country has never fully achieved it. The Declaration of Independence announced that all people are created equal. Those words established a principle that would become central to the nation’s identity. But throughout American history, the reality has often fallen far short of the principle. … Read more
A government may have laws, courts, elected officials, and powerful institutions, but where does its authority actually come from? The Declaration of Independence provides an answer: government receives its legitimate power from the consent of the governed. In simple terms, political power belongs ultimately to the people. Government exists because citizens authorize it to act … Read more
