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Happy Presidents Day

Some second thoughts about Honest Abe

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Matthew Yglesias
Feb 21, 2022
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It’s Presidents Day!

My longstanding position is that we should merge this dumb holiday with the Super Bowl by either moving the holiday a week earlier or the game a week later. The Super Bowl, unlike Presidents Day, is a real thing and everyone could use some recovery time after all the beer and chips.

However, DC Public Schools gives this entire week …

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