The Oldie

Boston Tea Party runs out of tea

After nearly two decades in America, I am running out of teabags.

I am also running out of patience with Meghan and Harry’s incessant propaganda against Britain and its people. Americans, meanwhile, are running out of patience with one another.

Their country will in 2026 celebrate 250 years of independence from the British. Like me, it is disintegrating with age.

The teabags are Donald Trump’s fault, but I’ll get to that later. The Meghan-and-Harry part is my fault. My accent and prior convictions as a historian

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