“I’m thinking that the Washington Redskins should keep their name,” writes David Sedaris, “but change their logo from an American Indian to either a red-skinned peanut or a red-skinned potato.”

David Sedaris’s Diary

America’s comedian in England reveals more than 10 years’ worth of his inner thoughts

By David Sedaris

January 29, 2010: London

For the past 20 years or so Nancy (my cousin) has served as the principal of a troubled elementary school in Florida. I recently asked how things are going, and yesterday she e-mailed me pictures of a miniature horse, a live one, who wears sneakers over his hooves and comes in twice a month to be read out loud to by second- and third-graders.

“But why in sneakers?,” I wondered.