I’m not sure how many members of the current administration would know — or, for that matter, care — about the works of Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert “Rabbie” Burns . . . other than their once-yearly singing of “Auld Lang Syne.”

But it almost seems as though Burns knew them, or others of their ilk, back in the 18th century, when he wrote:

“O wad some Power the giftie gie us / To see oursels as ithers see us! / It wad frae monie a blunder free us, / An’ foolish notion.”

Or, in the English translation:

”Oh, would some Power the gift give us / To see ourselves as others see us! / It would from many a blunder free us / And foolish notion.”

– Robert Burns, “To a Louse”

Unfortunately, politicians aren’t much given to introspection.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/2/26