Stinger Celebrates the Sesquicentennial

My contrarian brother casts a sidelong glance at the suprisingly low-key sesquicentennial celebrations underway (rumor has it, at least) over at his place. Among his bon mots:

150 years ago today, President James Buchanan made the biggest mistake ofhis presidency (which is saying something given the US split under his watch),and granted Minnesota statehood. He had one last chance to get with the British and re-attach it to Rupert's Land, but instead he made Minnesota a state. And the rest of America has been paying for it ever since.

As they say, read the whole thing.