When the 1969 Super Bowl pitted the New York Jets against the Baltimore Colts, it screamed old vs. new: the established National Football League vs. the upstart American Football League, Johnny Unitas vs. Joe Namath, black high tops and a crew cut vs. white cleats and long hair. Like the young Wordsworth, I was on the side of revolution.
But the intervening half-century has brought a shift in sympathies. Once I horrified my daughters during a family viewing of “The Sound of Music” by announcing I was rooting for the Baroness....
wjmcgurn opinion Terrific piece!
opinion wjmcgurn William McGurn is right. The BM has been around far too long and has worked way too hard (making traditional PR moves) to maintain the white supremacist culture it was founded on for a WoC to come along and destroy it.
opinion wjmcgurn You know I’ve never really understood the purpose of having an exalted, privileged royal family (that, let’s be honest, doesn’t really do much) but ironically enough Britain is a far better functioning political system than our rigged shadow of a representative democracy here
opinion wjmcgurn Being a figure head that has no real power and can thus not ruin anything, thus no one cares what they do?
opinion wjmcgurn It’s time it ends. By to the monarchy 👋🏼
opinion wjmcgurn God Save the Queen - and preserve her for as long as possible. I don't have the same confidence in Charles, I'm afraid.
opinion wjmcgurn Love that woman - amazing person!
opinion wjmcgurn Au contraire, QueenElizabeth is just adapting to new era. Only to keep power
opinion wjmcgurn Meghan is not 'woke.' She does not even have common sense and lacks respect for anyone other than herself. I'm a U.S. citizen by birth, but my sentiments are, 'Long live the Queen..' She has more 'couth' in the tip of her little finger than Meghan has in her whole body.
opinion wjmcgurn A modern state and a modern family. Amazing, how everything that was unacceptable many decades ago becomes acceptable now. It is all about time.
opinion wjmcgurn Bookies reveal odds on Harry and Meghan getting a divorce in next five years
opinion wjmcgurn Abolish monarchies and all inherited political power structures
opinion wjmcgurn And one American actress to bring it all down. I feel so bad for the Queen.
opinion wjmcgurn Ni los nietos quieren permanecer cerca de esta anciana detestable!!!!
opinion wjmcgurn This picture looks incestuous and scary. Why this photo?