About America

and how to stop worrying and love the Budweiser?

Photo by Wiebrig Krakau on Unsplash

Two old men are sitting on a glistening wooden bench just outside the Jardins da Avenida de Montevideu in Porto. They have just finished their morning rounds of chess (four snazzy check mates), and now it’s time to decompress in the pre-luncheon breeze.

I asked the two men once, if this moment of their day was completely void of…