[nicollo]

I said I almost pity him. I don't. I hate him without pity.

It'd be merely sad but, as noted on this thread, Zinn's idiot book is standard reading material at colleges and, it seems, high schools. Look at your average Barnes & Noble: they'll have multiple copies and spaces taken up by this garbabe on the shelves. It's shameful.

[coloradomom]

You are so right! When my son was in 8th grade, his history teacher wanted to use Zinn's book as the major text for their Civil Rights unit. She also planned to teach that Malcolm X was THE major leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's. I strongly objected and, among other things, showed the principal sections of text where Zinn strongly pushed for a socialist revolution in the U. S. Some adjustments were made, but I was, and am, very disturbed at how uninformed most people are about the warped view of history being taght at many, many schools and universities across this country.