Time for a correction and a clarification. After posting my diatribe against these silly Yanks and their appropriation of foreign national holidays, Meg and Kelvin sent me this link to information about the Cinco di Mayo.
So it’s a kind of independence day, but not really. It’s a repelling the French day, and is important to [...]

Yesterday was apparently Mexican Independence Day. The first I knew about it was when the girl who does my hair asked me what I was doing for “Cinco de Mayo,” which Americans celebrate as the day Mexico rejected Spanish rule.
Why Americans celebrate another country’s independence is perplexing in the first place, but even odder is [...]

On the Ball, City!