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Energizedandinspiredbythe2008elections,oninaugurationdayKalmantraveledtoWashington,D.C.andlaunchedayearlonginvestigationofAmericandemocracyanditsworkings.TheresultisAndthePursuitofHappiness.IntracingourhistoricalrootsinvisitstotheLincolnarchiveandJefferson’sMonticelloandintakingthepulseofthepresentatatownhallmeetinginNewfane,VermontandtheinnerchambersoftheSupremeCourt,Kalmanfindsevidenceofdemocracyatworkallaroundus.Theobservationsshemakesasshetravelscharmandinform,and—aswehavecometoexpectwithKalman—therouteisalwaysoneoffascinatingindirection....