Word: royalities
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...ideal monarchy I envision is very much a working monarchy. For instance, in the realm of the House of Washington, there would still be no titled aristocracy. There would be gender equality in the succession, and the royal family would be limited to the members of the immediate nuclear family who actually carry out state functions. The monarchy would not be rich--it would be supported from funds by Congress just like any other branch of government, based on the number of appearances and amount of social work the family carried out in the service of the country...
...Royal House of Washington, we would never have to critique our president on grounds of photogenic attributes instead of his or her political agendas. Their families would not get flak for not being quite perfect, if the rather antiquated 1950s illusion of the white working father, patient housewife, and 3.4 children living in the house with white picket fence might serve as the image of the perfect family. It wouldn't really matter if the president was an adulterer. We could pick presidents solely on the basis of their political issues. Such a system would also force candidates to clarify...
...wife when Bill Clinton was first running for President (this was before her health plan). Lawyer Cherie Blair did not receive such treatment from the British press when Tony Blair first became prime minister. The British press had their hands full with Princess Diana. The advantage of having a royal family is that the royal family--no matter how dysfunctional--serves to depersonalize politics by drawing all critiques of personality in the public realm to itself. If we depersonalized political systems, we would actually get a lot more legislation passed efficiently and swiftly. Party allegiance might become stronger, and politicians...
Constitutional issues aside, there the seem to be two main drawbacks to having an American royal family. It is not that the existence of such a royal family conflicts with Americas mantra of freedom and equality. However, the role of a royal family is to represent its country's citizens and aspirations. But the U.S. does not have a single continuous history and culture that a royal family can claim to represent. For instance, as a nation of immigrants, most Americans today cannot trace their ancestry in the U.S. back to the colonial period. In today's U.S., the Washington...
...Royal Halloween: The King's Costume Ball." (Tonight, 8 p.m., Medieval Manor Theatre Restaurant $32 per person, reservations required...