One of my gigs here in Washington DC was, just a few days ago, at the Kennedy Center (a cultural centre launched by President Eisenhower, supported by JFK and eventually becoming a memorial to him).

Benjamin T. Smith’s books include The Roots of Conservatism in Mexico: Catholicism, society, and politics in the Mixteca Baja, 1750-1962, 2012. His most recent book is The Dope: The real history of ...