Very ,very, interesting article. A fresh day for CB, indeed. I am conservative so mostly am at odds with agendas pushed by CB's articles, but this one I can agree with. It was well written, cogent, timely. Thank you sir.

I agree with the author's points about royalty being an undesirable adulation at odds with Americana, and with the royal infatuation surrounding A K  in particular as especially suspect.

I dispute her claims and her supporters' claims to her royalty. No, I do not refute the specifics of her genealogy - though there might be a different discussion about that, I don't care - but I would point out that for a long time before the overthrow the Hawaiian kings had to be elected. ELECTED. There is no way short of wild speculation that could specify a scenario in which A K would have assuredly ascended the throne. Had it even still existed.