Marvelous Magical Mystics

Look at the calendar. We have Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and now even Grandparents Day. There are days to celebrate secretaries and bosses. On the list of federal holidays we have Memorial, Independence, Labor, Columbus (Leif Erickson where I’m from), and Veterans days. This is out of a list of eleven holidays, eight of which I remember memorizing in childhood. Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays have been replaced by President’s Day.

There are American holidays in every month except March, April and August, two each in January and November. How can the federal government correct…