Every Christmas, my mother in law would scour the sale racks of bookstores for me, looking for books I might like that she could use as stocking stuffers.
She knew I was a history buff, so she kept on the lookout for those.
One Christmas, I opened a present to find “A People’s History of The United States”. I was enthusiastic, as I almost always am for any history related item. (I had no idea who Howard Zinn was)
With history books I am browsing to see if it is something I like, I like to open the book randomly at various pages and read a paragraph or so.
With “A People’s History”, the first paragraph I read caused me to say to myself “Huh?”
So I randomly opened another page, and that one made me think “What?”
On the third try, I knew there was something amiss, so I went to the very front and began reading from the beginning. After a page, I walked out to the garage and deposited the book in the trash can. I had never read a book like THAT before, and was horrified to learn it was being used as a school textbook in many places!
Now, my mother-in-law was a major lib, be we both came to an unspoken agreement early on (after a few sparring matches) that we would avoid the subject, though she wasn’t beyond giving me a few subtle jabs and digs over the years (which I would return volley on)
I thought the choice of this book for me was a jab, but on further reflection, I realized she didn’t mean anything by it, she was just being her normal frugal self at the bookstore.
Zinn in public schools is as bad as Mark Levin’s discovery that Carter’s DOJ had been distributing Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals to urban community groups.
Instead of doing its duty, as per the Preamble to our Constitution to ensure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, it government generally works toward opposite ends - the destruction of the civil society.