Genetics and Democracy in the United Kingdom
Solving the democracy deficit through modern science With the impending union of male and female royalty breeders, there has been increasing tendency to cite Thomas Paine’s evergreen mockery: “the...
View ArticleGenetics and Democracy in the United Kingdom
What is the attraction of monarchy? According to the BBC headline “Kate Middleton in labour as world waits”. Really? The world? What exactly are they holding off on? Doesn’t the world have important...
View ArticleIn America everyone lives like royalty
Twice as well, actually, at least when giving birth. According to this article, the hyperluxury private hospital wing where the DoC gave birth to our new royal master, may have cost as much as £10,000,...
View ArticleThe advantage of having a queen…
… is that the prime minister can take the train. The tabloids are trying to turn this into a scandal, because the PM’s conspicuous red box of official papers seemed to be unguarded. Maybe it was and...
View ArticleIs Yahweh a constitutional monarch?
And was King David his prime minister? I recently commented — as I’m not the first to notice — that an important advantage of having a monarch sitting formally on the throne, but prohibited from doing...
View ArticleWhat Donald Trump is afraid of
Slopes and stairs, contradiction, and protests, according to one article in today’s Sunday Times, about government concerns related to the planned visit in June for the official handover of British...
View ArticleThe dead end of 70s childrearing
People often raise their children with ideals that they don’t really hold themselves, either because they on some level think they would be better people if they shared these ideals and hope their...
View ArticleThe Queen’s two bodies
There’s something that baffles me about the public discussion of ERII’s legacy: Why do so many people feel comfortable lauding the late monarch as the (no longer) living embodiment of the nation when...
View ArticleFree speech in England
From The Guardian today: A man has been charged over comments made during a proclamation ceremony for the king. Thames Valley police said on Friday that Symon Hill, 45, of Oxford, had been charged...
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