Since a large number of us have known this lady for close to 70 years, you may not know it was not that uncommon for members of a royal family to suddenly up and enlist, as Elizabeth did at the…
Category: Elitism and Class
White Privilege and the Privilege “to be American”- (Ser Americano)
For many years now the American academy has been besieged with the theme of “white privilege,” which holds to the notion that being born white carries its own guilt based on a sense of superiority which even the most innocent white person may not realize. In…
The Supreme Court, Elections and Natural Law
Question: As he lay dying at age 87 in 1864, I wonder if Chief Justice Roger B Taney had it to do all over again, would he have had any regrets about his decision in the Dred Scott v Sanford…
Aiming Towards An America We Can Still Identify by Sight
There are questions of Natural Law and National Identity involved in this question. From William Paley’s “Statement of the Argument” from his Natural Theology (1809)(abridged version) In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a Stone, and…
Shutting Off the Bratling Valve at the Tap/ Part I, Identifying the Types
I’ll let you give your own names to these various “types” of bratlings below. They have a rich and storied history in the United States, one which is a little different from their histories from the Old World, going…