Columbus Day Goes Global: How the Rest of the World Politely Ignores (or Rage-Deletes) an American Holiday
From the banks of the Tagus to the neon canyons of Tokyo, the second Monday in October has become an annual Rorschach test: some see parades, others see plunder. While U.S. federal employees enjoy a paid holiday to commemorate a Genoese sailor who never set foot on what would later be branded “America,” the rest…