I usually send an obnoxious email to my friends on Columbus Day reminding them that we are probably observing the accomplishments of a mass murderer and scoundrel. This year, I'll post it on my blog. Enjoy this essay by my favorite author, Howard Zinn.
This is less about the somewhat scandalous implication that Columbus was a bad guy, and more about the importance of questioning conventional historical wisdom. That's the lesson I learned from Howard Zinn that changed the way I thought about the world.
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