"I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door" by Maira Kalman

[Iwillnevergiveup]

In an illustrated column about American democracy, a new installment explains how everyone got to America.

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/i-lift-my-lamp-beside-the-golden-door/?8ty@emc=ty

[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. This is one in a series entitled "In Pursuit of Happiness"

that appear in the NYT at the end of each month. If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of this latest one, you can see all Ms. Kalman's past columns. Very beautiful, very worthwhile.

[grasswire]

2. thanks!

I'll be sharing that with some sub-teenagers who have fallen for the America stinks mantra.

[proteus_lives]

3. K/R

That was really nice.