Stephen MacLean
Which John are you? “Adams,” the Boston patriot whose devotion to liberty led to the framing of the Declaration of Independence? Or “Dickinson,” author of Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania who, at the moment of decision, cautioned against outright…
Today English Brexiteers celebrate St. George’s Day in memory of the patron saint of England. The coronavirus shutdown mandates minimal festivities, so this year there will be none of the street parties and local parades that have sprung up since…
Happy Primrose Day! If such glad tidings are tolerated as the coronavirus — or the response thereto — continues its worldwide assault upon our health, our polities, and our sanity. Primrose Day is an occasion to celebrate the life and…
Brexiteers greet the news of Boris Johnson’s slow recovery from the coronavirus with relief. For despite his missteps since becoming prime minister, few who espouse the ideas of British liberty doubt that without his determination and optimism, Britain may never…
Boris Johnson can boast that in at least one political maneuver, he has trumped Benjamin Disraeli. As the United Kingdom begins three months of intense negotiations with the European Union, discussions will be in English. That’s quite a concession from predominantly…
One consequence of the United Kingdom’s victory in securing independence from the super-state pretensions of the European Union may be to rejuvenate the EU itself. Not that the UK, as a member state, posed an inexorable risk to the viability…
Historian David Starkey is leading the charge to make Benjamin Disraeli “relevant” again. Starkey may be best known to American audiences through public television and his documentaries on Henry VIII, the king’s many wives, and the political impact of Britain’s…
Adherents of personal liberty, ever attuned to political opportunity, cannot ignore the possibilities presidential election years present. The year 2020 is no different. With an eastward wind comes inspiration from the United Kingdom, courtesy of its exit from the European…
Is it conceivable that Brexit passions are spent in Westminster? Have political exertions of the last four years — of devising stratagems and repelling Remainers — exhausted the fervor for independence? For while some MPs may be world-weary, rank-and-file Brexiteers…
