Voices
John W. Donohue, S.J., served as an associate editor of America from 1972 until 2007.
Across the country on July 4, the Bicentennial celebration was an exhilarating and, to some degree, an unexpected success. Americans everywhere seem to have surprised themselves by their national outburst of enthusiasm and the companionable spirit that kept this zest aloft. By all accounts, even the