Queen picked for St Patrick’s parade

Isn’t it time for the whole bogus St. Patrick’s Day parade queen thing to be wound down? The 196th annual parade is next month and I know I’ve kvetched about the dangerous motorized floats, but now I’m also kvetching about the selection of a queen.

Why a queen? Ireland doesn’t even have a queen, it has a president, and beauty pageants are quickly fading into the past everywhere. It’s time.