The View From this Side

When it comes to being “Latin” Portuguese are the Schrodinger nationality. One of my favorite comments from the left of the field about me was that I couldn’t be Latin, since Portugal was “solidly European.”

Sure, and potatoes are solidly vegetables but they sure ain’t greens. I will grant them that the EU has pasteurized Portugal and turned it into England’s idea of an exotic vacation spot. That’s not even vaguely the Portugal I grew up in, though. Even ten years ago, Europeans were not ...