America’s future at 250 remains wide open — as long as we don’t take our values for granted

Opinion America’s future at 250 remains wide open — as long as we don’t take our values for granted By Martin Gurri Published June 29, 2026, 6:30 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Partisan politics have gotten in the way of celebrating our country’s 250th birthday. The Democrats have opted out of the festivities because they insist everything we do should be about Donald Trump – and the president, let’s face it, doesn’t exactly disagree with that idea. Many mourn the decline of comity and consensus, and look back to some golden age — say, the 1976 bicentennial — when all Americans held hands and celebrated the anniversary as one.

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