Columbus Wasn't Evil!
Or maybe the story is "Even evil racist Columbus reached out to other cultures, so what does that make Bush??"
In today's National Review online, Robert Spencer reports on mythmaking in Massachusetts (and it has nothing to do with medals). The claim is that a Muslim was Columbus' navigator, and it has been echoed by a number of local professors, including one from my alma mater, Holy Cross (can you see me beaming with pride?). The trouble is that:
a) there seems to be no evidence to support this, and
b) Massachusetts public school systems are taking the "Rather" approach to evidence gathering and are adopting this line in their multiculturalist curricula.
Worth reading.
In today's National Review online, Robert Spencer reports on mythmaking in Massachusetts (and it has nothing to do with medals). The claim is that a Muslim was Columbus' navigator, and it has been echoed by a number of local professors, including one from my alma mater, Holy Cross (can you see me beaming with pride?). The trouble is that:
a) there seems to be no evidence to support this, and
b) Massachusetts public school systems are taking the "Rather" approach to evidence gathering and are adopting this line in their multiculturalist curricula.
Worth reading.