Albion's Seed

Without wading too deeply into the debate over my colleague Matt Yglesias's patriotism, let me just say that while I'm second to none (well, okay, maybe not none) in my appreciation for the American founding, I think that anyone doesn't feel at least a frisson of regret over how the split between the American colonies and Great Britain happened ought to return to their history books and reconsider.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2008/07/albions-seed/54241/