Attempting to quantify "happiness" will inevitably lead to nonsense, but leave it to the United Nations to try anyway (or perhaps because). The U.N. has released its latest "World Happiness Report," and to its credit, the first 20 nations are plausible: 1. Denmark 2. Switzerland 3. Iceland 4. Norway 5. Finland 6. Canada 7. Netherlands 8. New Zealand 9. Australia 10. Sweden 11. Israel 12. Austria 13. United States 14. Costa Rica 15. Puerto Rico 16. Germany 17. Brazil 18. Belgium 19. Ireland 20. Luxembourg Then the problems start to creep in. The narco-state of Mexico – which contains a sufficiently high number of unhappy people to contribute tens of millions of illegal immigrants into the U.S. – is ranked #21, ahead of the U.K. (#23).  The Brits are inherently dour but unlikely to be less happy than Mexicans on any meaningful index.  We can be certain that, unlike Mexico, one...(Read Full Post)