This is the 199th anniversary of one of the many, many events in Mexico that can be thought of as formative in its long and complex history. Mike has an interesting post comparing the very different patterns of "Independence Making" in Mexico vs. the US.
One of the biggest differences, of course, was that the Native American population in what is now the US was much more systematically exterminated than was the Mexican native population. That meant that when the revolution came, the guns were being held primarily in brown hands in Mexico and white hands in the British colonies.
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Someone around these parts was writing about
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recently, but failed to mention the best: Mesilla Valley chilies.
The most significant thing that has happened over the last 24 hours or so is that the CDC has confirmed a handful of Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu cases in new locations. Previously, cases were only identified in Texas and California.
Revere links to a
curious Bloomberg News story
Part eleven. Bears have the ball. They were doing OK until
their quarterback fell down.
Today has been proclaimed "Brian Urlacher Day," in New Mexico.