Well this was an odd duck.  Weiner, a former correspondent for NPR, decides to check out the common lists for happiest nations on Earth (circa 2008) to see if, indeed, are they?  Some names generally Scandinavian) crop up all the time, and others are less common.  And for good measure, he tossed in one at the opposite end of the spectrum (Moldovia).  I suspect it’s even more grim these days.  Using his skills and connections as a foreign correspondent, he questioned local officials, academics, psychiatrists, […]