I thought I’d give you a break from the news and focus on a topic I’ve been interested in (and have written about) for a long time: happiness. After my journal entry, which is in itself much about happiness, I’ve included an interview between Coleman Hughes and Arthur C. Brooks on the nature of happiness, a piece titled “21 Ways to Make Your Life Miserable,” some encouraging facts about happiness, and a review of Brooks’s most popular book on happiness. Also included: an image that could have been taken in the mid-70’s during my service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad, and a few interesting reader contributions.