Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
As the British celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s sixty years on the throne, Americans congratulate them and share the celebratory moment. She isn’t, thank goodness, our queen, but she is a symbol of some enduring British qualities and accomplishments that are worth remembering and celebrating at a time like this.This year Queen Elizabeth passes George III as the second longest reigning monarch in British history; another four years on the throne would see her pass Queen Victoria to become the longest reigning monarch in the history of a crown that goes back to the dim days of...