Every 50 Years, America Falls Apart. Then Celebrates Anyway.

May 2026 Imperfect Union Last week, I moderated a conversation with Robert Parkinson , Michael Auslin , and Jim Rasenberger about their new books on the Declaration of Independence and July 4 at the George Washington Presidential Library. My final question asked them what they wanted to see this year for the 250th semiquincentennial anniversary. But I set it up by listing all the previous…