Tag: monarchy
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Marking the Death of Good Queen Bess
Unstable people like an unstable society. Normal people like a certain degree of stability. They are comfortable with symbols of stability and permanence. We are short of such symbols in these destabilized times. There is a huge effort these days to tear down any connection with the past. But people do need some sense of…
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Should Canada Abolish the Monarchy? My dollar’s worth on the Subject, from a Subject.
The Toronto Star’s “Saturday Debate” this week was about whether Canada should abolish the monarchy. I suddenly got an urge to respond on this topic. It relates to subjects I have thought a lot about. However, while my handy little paywall bypasser lets me read most content on that august publication, I cannot get through…