This Side of the Pond

You may have noticed in the news this last week that the “special relationship” between my homeland and yours has once again been strengthened.

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared together on Thursday to announce the Atlantic Declaration, tying our two countries together more tightly than ever before.

Whatever one might think of the two leaders and their administrations, I have strong ties to both countries and would have difficulty faulting either one of them for this move. Nor would I want to do so even if this wasn’t the case – we’ve been one another’s...