Two stories in recent weeks about Hertz refusing to rent a car, and Spirit refusing to allow parents (showing US passports) to board with a 2-year-old (no passport yet), because in both cases the customer was from Puerto Rico.  The car rental counter refused to recognize the "real ID" drivers license and called a cop, who threatened to arrest the US citizen.  The airline employee at LAX was new, but called a supervisor who backed her up.  Coincidence, that both Spirit and Hertz use yellow as their logo color?  

And then there are many Americans who think New Mexico is a foreign country.  I blame a lot of this ignorance on the education system, as I tell my daughter the school district superintendent, and I blame low salaries and high interference from politicians for teacher shortcomings in many places.  

1776 is still one of my favorite musicals; I remember seeing it on Broadway with my father, back before the Bicentennial.  Now, the most popular historical musical is about the first Secretary of the Treasury, whose successors supervise IRS.  I saw it performed by the touring company a few years ago, with my son.  I'm not good at following the lyrics of many rap songs, but I don't blame that on the show's creator having some Puerto Rican ancestry.