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Jeff Goldstein, c’mon, please stop sugar-coating it.

Tell us what you really think. John Fetterman is but a bulbous blight, the symptom of a far more entrenched cancer on the body politic. He has vowed to be the 51st vote to end the filibuster — and with it, any remaining protections of a minority increasingly cast as enemies of the authoritarian neo-feudalContinue reading “Jeff Goldstein, c’mon, please stop sugar-coating it.”

Let us also remember the late Prince Philip.

And his acerbic wit. As we mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth, let us also recall Bickerstaff’s favorite royal next to the Queen, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinborough. He was often accused of putting his foot in his mouth with his wildly inappropriate, often insulting remarks. While they were both those things, they were hardlyContinue reading “Let us also remember the late Prince Philip.”

A toast to the British Empire.

Let us count the ways. A friend kindly sent this item along, a posting in Quora in which a British subject, Mr Andrew Sutcliffe, provides answer to the blindingly silly question: “Why do Brits on Quora glorify the UK’s past so passionately[?]” Before posting Mr Sutcliffe’s worthy reply, your Tatler, an 11th generation American, wouldContinue reading “A toast to the British Empire.”

The last official act of EIIR?

Serving her kingdom to the end. One of the late Queen Elizabeth’s official acts was inviting the newly elected Conservative Prime Minister, Elizabeth “Liz” Truss to Balmoral and ask her to form a new government. Protocol forbids the monarch taking sides in politics, but this writer likes to believe HM the Queen was greatly pleasedContinue reading “The last official act of EIIR?”

Catholic college bans speaker from discussing Catholic mores.

“Used to be Catholic” is more accurate. According to Campus Reform, Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, In the spring 2022 semester, College Republicans at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic institution attempted to invite The Daily Wire host, a practicing Catholic, to speak. The university denied the request due to Knowles’ past statements related to pastContinue reading “Catholic college bans speaker from discussing Catholic mores.”