Jendrik performs during the second dress rehearsal of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on May 17, 2021. The Hamburg artist represents Germany. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa Good news, everyone! The Americans are here. Well… one American is here, but one American is all it…

Athena Manoukian. Courtesy: Eurovision. First, let me address that this has been an extremely, profoundly, historically bad week in the United States. As of this writing, there are protests, both violent and nonviolent, in at least 25 cities across the country, because 20 years into the 21st century an…