On Substack today, I have published a new, comprehensive essay discussing my personal journey from America’s Bicentennial to its Semiquincentennial.
Part memoir, part urban and intellectual history, part political reflection, it illustrates a conviction that has shaped my work for decades:
We cannot stand apart from the history we interpret, and we do not live our lives in fragments.
Across fifty years of lived experience, I reflect on the enduring power of the Declaration of Independence and on how successive generations have reinterpreted and extended its revolutionary ideals in ways the founders could scarcely have imagined.
Check out “From America 200 to America 250: A Personal Journey“, a Substack exclusive. And a Happy Independence Day to All!
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