I would not call Howard Zinn a historian. His “A People’s History of the United States” (of which I have a copy) is pure identity politics agitprop. So don’t call it a history book. To use it as material for studying typical agitprop dressed in pseudointellectualism, fine (as in know the enemy). The same reason why Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Koran, a fact lost on Keith Ellison (D-Jihad).
Good for Mitch! He was a decent Governor of Indiana, but not pure enough for most Freepers. He won’t be called a hero here.