[Jacquerie]

As per the column, Daniel Boorstin, former Librarian of Congress was a superb historian.

I highly recommend his "The Americans, The Colonial Experience."

[zeestephen]

Boorstin is also the author of a very interesting quote.

From memory...

“Ignorance is rarely dangerous. The most destructive force in history has always been the illusion of knowledge.”

Not sure I agree with that anymore.

I think “calculated evil” might be number one.