YOU MIGHT HAVE heard that September is National Preparedness Month. Or that it is National Cholesterol Education Month. But did you know it is also, for the first time, National Tortilla Month? In a member’s resolution, California representative Devin Nunes states, “I would like to recognize September as National Tortilla Month to highlight the contributions and hard work of this important industry.” As in a staple of the Latin American diet has become so dominant in the United States as to merit thirty days of dedication.

Should this warrant concern? Is the massive influx of Latin American immigrants into our country having such a profound impact on the culture as to affect even our eating habits? In financial terms, tortillas have grown into a $6 billion a year industry. Nevermind the debate over English as our official language–what about white bread as our official source of fiber? It may be too late.