Read 'em and Weep

It’s nice to be happy. What we really want, though, is to be happier than others. A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll indicates many Americans are in just that happy position—or, at least, imagine they are. First, it asked: “Taking all aspects of their lives into account, how happy do you think most Americans are today?” Just 6 percent of respondents said “very happy”; another 32 percent said simply “happy.” On the gloomy side of the scale,47 percent guessed most Americans are “only somewhat happy,” and 11 percent felt they’re “not really happy at all.”