A news report on WNYC just described the Midwest as “the country’s midsection.” Since when did we go from being America’s “heartland”–a phrase I don’t particularly like either–to America’s “midsection?” Downgraded from a vital organ to a bulging waistline… This is East coast snobbery at its worst.
In any case, Minneapolis is surely the sparkly navel ring in the great Midwestern belly. Sort of like the way India was the jewel of the British crown. Only with less oppression. And less gin. Mmm, gin…
Besotted Gleaner 