Tag: boston brahmin

The Death of the WASP

March 9, 2024

It is not uncommon to read about the fading influence or outright disappearance of the White Anglo Saxon Protestant (WASP) in public life. The acronym is now archaic (WASP values, habits, and lifestyle are less often referred to in terms of ethnicity and religious denomination and more often referred to now in terms of ‘preppy’ … More The Death of the WASP

The Last Brahmin (Well, We Hope Not)

January 24, 2021

“And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots, And the Cabots talk only to God.” Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., of Boston served his country for most of his life. According to family and friends, he really didn’t have a choice. His ancestors … More The Last Brahmin (Well, We Hope Not)