Smack in the midst of elections, Iraq and the economy, the subject of happiness dares to land in the news.  It seems that Martin Seligman, the esteemed (and well-credentialed) father of “learned helplessness,” has recently birthed the Positive Psychology movement. He’s on a mission to study the heights of happiness in the same manner that he explored the depths of depression. It’s about time! The real news here is that Seligman is ‘...

Smack in the midst of elections, Iraq and the economy, the subject of happiness dares to land in the news.  It seems that Martin Seligman, the esteemed (and well-credentialed) father of “learned helplessness,” has recently birthed the Positive Psychology movement. He’s on a mission to study the heights of happiness in the same manner that he explored the depths of depression. It’s about time! The real news here is that Seligman is ‘...