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and world affairs McCarthy reflected on what he believed to be the wisest form of government. “I like our institutional form of government,” although “it has been corrupted a bit around the edges.”
One of his primary concerns is the maintenance of the conditions under which people can pursue happiness. A passage from his essay Fourth of July—Rappahannock Reflections reveals more: “The goals set for this new political society (America) were uniquely different from those set in most documents asserting revolutionary goals. They were ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ not as separable goals, but as a trinity, interdependent and mutually sustaining and continuing.”
Further more, “There was no promise or projection of completeness and absolute fulfillment, but rather a challenge to continuing effort and struggle. Life was promised, but within the context of liberty, a word which encompasses freedom and restraint.”
Does Mr. McCarthy believe the present administration is enhancing the public’s ability to pursue happiness? Specifically, does he attribute the recent successes of the U.S. economy to the policies of President Reagan?
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