The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"

Michigan may seem like a dream to us now. But then so is the ideal with which the founding fathers established the Republic and adopted the Declaration of Independence, all of 250 years ago. As we approach independence day, July 4, it would be wise for one and all to reflect on that idealism – and see if its progressive intent can be rekindled...