UPDATE: Columbus Day is coming up and that is always the busiest day of the year for this blog post. I would like to offer a disclaimer; I realize the information presented here is one-sided. My goal was to offset some of the hero worship associated with Christopher Columbus. All the good stuff you’ve probably heard before. I simply want informed readers to balance what they already know with these facts, which perhaps you are hearing about for the first time.
As a history teacher, I feel obligated to inform the masses that Columbus was a dirty old man. I’m sure in the fifth grade, your history book had a little painting of Christopher Columbus, all smiles as he met the Native Americans, and they shook hands. We celebrate Columbus Day to recognize his discovery of the New World. Back that tape up in your mind, let me give you some more facts.
I am a history teacher. There is no denying that fact. My degree is in political science. If you break out in a rash or have difficulty breathing when exposed to a history lecture, look away from this window slowly and click on something else. 
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