Columbus

Click title for a link to an excellent resource on the facts and myths surrounding the Discoverer of the New World. This is timely as today is a national holiday which recognizes Columbus. The holiday has lost some of its luster in the past few decades as this historical figure is blamed for the pillaging of this continent and changing the course of history forever so that we can enjoy an industrial, consumer-oriented society that ignores or subjugates those that were here before. For example, this is what our locally based EarthFirst! group thinks of the holiday and the man. Caution: Vulgarity Alert.