Honoring great deeds and risk-takers who defy conventional wisdom can inspire others to follow in their footsteps, be it into uncharted waters or outer space, and we sorely need such daring today. My op-ed on why I celebrate Columbus Day: wsj.com/articles/colum…
"This caricature of Columbus as little more than a rapacious villain is as simplistic and wrongheaded as the version of him as a savior-hero who proved the world was round." History is not a zero-sum game.
"We must teach the good and the bad of our leaders, our founders, our heroes and saints. Otherwise, myths take hold too easily, such as the Confederate “Lost Cause,” left to fester like an open wound."
"We can honor indigenous people and all they represent—and all they lost—without erasing the greatest achievements of the Age of Discovery." My article: wsj.com/articles/colum…
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