How we adopted the Fourth of July
*Beautiful read. Save it, come back to it over your long weekend, there are some great essays here. VL By New York Times Editors Perhaps because America is a nation […]
Is That Any Way to Attract Gringos?
*Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer publicly quipped that GOP stands for Gringos Otros Pendejos. So much to unpack here: I’ve never thought of the word “Gringo” as derogatory. Much like […]
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are wreaking havoc in Colombia
*Seriously. Hippos multiplying in Colombia. Taken there by Drug Kingpin Pablo Escobar. Wonderfully strange story. VL By Sarah Larimer, Washington Post This story has everything: a drug lord, a once-grand […]
First Lady Of Guatemala Visits Child Migrants In Arizona
*Guatemalan First Lady visits immigrant children, says they’re being treated well, calls the situation at the U.S. border a humanitarian crisis. VL By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras NOGALES, Ariz. — The […]