{"id":5547,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:00:42","slug":"holiday-by-any-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5547","title":{"rendered":"Holiday by any name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1746819\/episodes\/19908854\">Math and Musings<\/a><\/em> Franklin and I discuss that much-beleaguered holiday: Columbus Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Pause for effect.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still trying to remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, that&#8217;s Christopher Columbus, the most cancelled man in modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head to some backwater outpost and you might still find the holiday celebrated, but don&#8217;t mention his name too loud in more progressive circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still take a three-day weekend though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss that much-beleaguered holiday: Columbus Day. (Pause for effect.) Still trying to remember? Yeah, that&#8217;s Christopher Columbus, the most cancelled man in modern history. Head to some backwater outpost and you might &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5547\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5548,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5547\/revisions\/5548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}