A couple of years ago, when I deemed it absolutely necessary to cross the big pond and investigate my heritage that had been seeded in Northern Ireland, I had the good fortune of being introduced to a renowned historian who, through greater good fortune, has become a friend. Dr. David Hume is all eat up, as my people like to say, with the history of those wily Scotch-Irish, and from his post in Belfast continues to research, write and lecture on what some see as an odd collection of humanity. After all, the Scotch-Irish, historically, have allowed few rules of society, man or king.