From WSJopinion: The real lesson from Queen Elizabeth II’s nearly seven-decade reign is about what it takes to hold a free, diverse and modern nation together, writes wjmcgurn
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....
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