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And the Pursuit of Happiness
kalman.blogs.nytimes.com
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By Maira Kalman
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By George

In her final installment of "In the Pursuit of Happiness," Maira Kalman considers George Washington's extraordinary life.

01 jan 10 1 person likes this

By George! 'And the Pursuit of Happiness' will appear on New Year's Day, 2010.

24 dec 09

Back to the Land

What does it say about us that we eat so much fast food and eat food so fast?

27 nov 09 1 person likes this

E Pluribus Unum

A walk through the bicameral and bipartisan halls of Congress.

30 oct 09

For Goodness' Sake

Maira Kalman visits City Hall, the marriage bureau and a pretty sewage treatment plant.

24 sep 09

'I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door'

Maira Kalman explains how everyone got to America.

28 aug 09

Can Do

How Benjamin Franklin turned America into the land of invention.

31 jul 09 1 person likes this

Time Wastes Too Fast

If you want to understand the United States and its people, says Maira Kalman, you need to visit Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia.

26 jun 09

At Ease

On visits to Fort Campbell, Ky., and the Pentagon, the artist considers the soldiers who prepare for war and the contradictions that surround them.

29 may 09

May It Please the Court

After a visit to the Supreme Court, and the office of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Maira Kalman thinks about law, decision-making and women breaking barriers.

24 apr 09

So Moved

Observing, as Tocqueville did, the essence of American democracy: one person, one vote.

27 mar 09

In Love With A. Lincoln

Inside a Lincoln archive, the illustrator finds herself entranced by the fragile pieces of a monumental life.

27 feb 09

The Inauguration. At Last.

The artist Maira Kalman begins a new illustrated column about American democracy with a chronicle of her visit to Washington for President Obama's inauguration. The column will appear on the last Fri...

30 jan 09

Finale

04 apr 07 1 person likes this

One Thing Leads to Another

07 mar 07

The Impossibility of February

07 feb 07 1 person likes this

Completely

03 jan 07 1 person likes this

Ich Habe Genug

06 dec 06

Paris

01 nov 06 1 person likes this

Collecting Myself

04 oct 06 1 person likes this

Still

07 sep 06 1 person likes this

Heaven on Earth

02 aug 06 1 person likes this

Cherubim and Seraphim

05 jul 06 1 person likes this

Celestial Harmony

An artist's illustrated essay on English gardens, former schoolteachers and people who wear jaunty hats.

07 jun 06 1 person likes this

Sorry, the Rest Unknown

Illustrated reflections on the dodo, the Bolsheviks, Pavlov's dog and other things no longer around.

03 may 06 1 person likes this

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