Happy Columbus Day
The Columbus Navigation Homepage is a good starting point if you wish to know more about the man, the day and its history. In the Northeast it was a big holiday the last time I was in Cape Cod (21 years ago today). I hope it still is.
The most pertinent piece about this day is Joseph Farah's piece: Columbus Day; more relevant than ever. Check it out!
My daughter's university (Southern Methodist) is off today, but they can't see fit to call the day what it is...it would offend some, and heaven forbid if ever anyone is offended. To SMU and other PC institutions, it's just a 'fall holiday'. How quaint!
On the other hand, my son's university, the University of Texas at Arlington isn't taking the day off to celebrate the day regardless of who may be offended for not celebrating it.
There are other sites online that eschew this day and wish to transform it because they see Columbus and what came of his little discovery as antithetical to everything right and good. I'm not going to link them to both of my loyal readers; you will just have to google them on your own.
The most pertinent piece about this day is Joseph Farah's piece: Columbus Day; more relevant than ever. Check it out!
My daughter's university (Southern Methodist) is off today, but they can't see fit to call the day what it is...it would offend some, and heaven forbid if ever anyone is offended. To SMU and other PC institutions, it's just a 'fall holiday'. How quaint!
On the other hand, my son's university, the University of Texas at Arlington isn't taking the day off to celebrate the day regardless of who may be offended for not celebrating it.
There are other sites online that eschew this day and wish to transform it because they see Columbus and what came of his little discovery as antithetical to everything right and good. I'm not going to link them to both of my loyal readers; you will just have to google them on your own.
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