Down With the British Monarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/opinion/meghan-harry-abolish-monarchy.html
America is guilty of many crimes against humanity, but this is one thing we got right. Our presidents may be national embarrassments, but at least Americans are not required to scrape and bow before some utterly random rich wastrel whose claim to legitimacy is being the child of the child of the child of someone who was, centuries ago, the nation’s biggest gangster. Yes, we have our own hypnotic capitalist addiction to celebrity, but monarchy is something altogether more twisted — as if the Bush family, the Kardashians and the Falwells were all rolled into one bejeweled quasi-religious fame cult, topped off with a bracing dose of imperialism.
Gaffes and Miscues Mar a Royal Tour of a Republic-Minded Caribbean
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/americas/royal-couple-caribbean-visit.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/opinion/meghan-harry-abolish-monarchy.html
America is guilty of many crimes against humanity, but this is one thing we got right. Our presidents may be national embarrassments, but at least Americans are not required to scrape and bow before some utterly random rich wastrel whose claim to legitimacy is being the child of the child of the child of someone who was, centuries ago, the nation’s biggest gangster. Yes, we have our own hypnotic capitalist addiction to celebrity, but monarchy is something altogether more twisted — as if the Bush family, the Kardashians and the Falwells were all rolled into one bejeweled quasi-religious fame cult, topped off with a bracing dose of imperialism.
Gaffes and Miscues Mar a Royal Tour of a Republic-Minded Caribbean
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/americas/royal-couple-caribbean-visit.html
William and Kate’s cringeworthy, colonial Caribbean tour
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/sehyuhsorry-william-kates-cringeworthy-colonial-caribbean-tour/
After this week’s royal tour in the Caribbean, it’s hard not to root for former British colonies to kick-start their own version of Brexit from ties to the monarchy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/sehyuhsorry-william-kates-cringeworthy-colonial-caribbean-tour/
After this week’s royal tour in the Caribbean, it’s hard not to root for former British colonies to kick-start their own version of Brexit from ties to the monarchy.