Oh, my, Mr. Tofel. The last 7 years, especially the last 2+ yrs since Covid-19 invaded our lives, must have driven you to near madness when it comes the media's faint curiosity about facts or their outright suppression. (I exclude Pro Publica from this. Some of the best old-school journalism I have read in years. Its success and recognition from your journalism peers really gave me hope...for a while.)
I agree that the Queen's life and death may have had no practical relevance to most Americans, but wasn't it nice to see an appreciation of service, history, tradition (for all its warts) which survived 70 years, even if the UK and the crown is a shell of its former self (and for good reason.)
After all the sloppy American crudeness, rudeness, hatred, division, it was pretty wonderful to see people of all ages and types queuing up for long hours, in silence, being courteous and kind to each other, as they waited to say goodbye.
The Queen, Trust and the Incurious Press
Well put!
Oh, my, Mr. Tofel. The last 7 years, especially the last 2+ yrs since Covid-19 invaded our lives, must have driven you to near madness when it comes the media's faint curiosity about facts or their outright suppression. (I exclude Pro Publica from this. Some of the best old-school journalism I have read in years. Its success and recognition from your journalism peers really gave me hope...for a while.)
I agree that the Queen's life and death may have had no practical relevance to most Americans, but wasn't it nice to see an appreciation of service, history, tradition (for all its warts) which survived 70 years, even if the UK and the crown is a shell of its former self (and for good reason.)
After all the sloppy American crudeness, rudeness, hatred, division, it was pretty wonderful to see people of all ages and types queuing up for long hours, in silence, being courteous and kind to each other, as they waited to say goodbye.
Dick, for most of us in the States (but certainly not me) it's called "royals envy" — a variation on "penis envy." I still don't get "why" in the land of 1776, but I do know "that." https://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2022/09/royals-envy-societal-class-based-penis.html