Religion has been singled out as a particularly robust predictor of happiness. We have, over all, a very strong religious belief in this country. I think one thing that distinguishes us is that we have a lot of very extreme left and very extreme right. But i feel like the actual middle is very, veryla in this country, and almost never discussed.
Why do so many Americans say they’re satisfied with their own lives but upset about the way the country is going? Why don’t other countries experience the same gap? And what do horror movies have in common with Coca-Cola enemas?