Strutt 135

135 years ago today, the icon of this weblog was born.

The Thistle, Journal of the Royal Scots, has a short piece on the Lieutenant-Colonel in the November 2008 issue (page 12).

May this partisan of the Old European Order continue to rest in peace!

Kaiser Wilhelm II and William Lind

Dr. Vomact responds to William Lind's annual “phone call” to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Governments, Aristocracy, and Hatred

American Monarchist reflects on aristocracy and democracy.

The Zimbabwe School of Economics

Dr. Marc Faber:

Treetops Accession

Three years short of three score years ago today, Her Britannic Majesty ascended the throne at Treetops.

The Daily Telegraph ran an article on the Treetops accession in connection with the Golden Jubilee.

Having grown up in the Land of Endless Sunshine, I find a special personal connection to this accession story.


Today's Treetops Lodge:



A thin-striped zebra at Treetops:






Photos courtesy of the family archives.

Franco-American Alliance

231 years ago today, the Treaty of Alliance was signed.

Crisis on an Island

Over at Taki's Magazine, Kevin DeAnna reflects on the situation in the old outpost of the Kingdom of Norway and implications for the future of those United States.

SCOTUS to Be Packed

Six dozen years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced his plan to pack the SCOTUS.

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn told us in Liberty or Equality:

There is, in a democracy, no Supreme Court which a political party long enough in power, cannot “pack.”

Diplomatic Relations Broken

92 years ago today, those United States broke diplomatic relations with the Empire of Germany.

The German Revolution

Professor Hunt Tooley posts on the German Revolution.

Carlos I of Portugal

A century and a year ago today, His Most Faithful Majesty Carlos I of Portugal and the Prince Royal were assassinated in Lisbon.

Reform the Lords

Over at Scotland on Sunday, Gerald Warner supports reform of the House of Lords, restorative reform that is.