If King Charles III is going to bow to politics, then he will really be no more representative of the entire nation than Biden or Trump is representative of the United States. Continue Reading »
So much did Queen Elizabeth II represent the nation that with her death most Britons feel a part of their identity, their footing in the world, has been lost. Continue Reading »
The moral standards that enable a society to hold itself together—generosity, loyalty, justice, the dignity of the individual, the right to freedom—are themselves rooted in the sacred in every society. Continue Reading »
Brexit will come or Brexit will go, but the shifting sands in Northern Ireland that are being ignored in the political back-and-forth are here to stay. Continue Reading »