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Halloween? Bah, Humbug!

Michael DeJong | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

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Michael DeJong

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy festive holidays as much as the next person, but we eco-freaks can't help ourselves from sucking the fun out of things, particularly when it comes to harming children.

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Some Thoughts on Columbus Day

Jesse Larner | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Moors, Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Colon, Menocal, Spain, Kirkpatrick Sale, Ferdinand, Isabella, World News
Jesse Larner

But my students could not get their minds around the idea that Columbus could be a slaver, an imperialist, a violent missionary, a bad man -- and also be a great explorer.

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Columbus Day Parade: Photos From New York

Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

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More than 35,000 marchers turned out for New York's 65th Annual Columbus Day Parade today. The parade is the world's largest and featured such lumi...

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Columbus Day Special: Colonialists And Conquerors (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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Columbus Day may be celebrated as a patriotic holiday in the United States, but the man himself remains somewhat controversial. Some view Christopher ...

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On Columbus Day: Senate Apology Should Be Followed With Action

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. History, Native American Rights, Native Americans, Senate, Columbus Day, Politics News
Sarah van Gelder

It's hard for a country to change its founding mythology, but the U.S. Senate has taken an important step towards accomplishing that by approving an apology to Native Americans.

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Dispelling the Myths Behind Columbus

Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

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Azam Nizamuddin

Given that we reside in one of the most literate societies in history, it is our task to expose all myths for what they are, whether they relate to Christopher Columbus or to the origins of a sitting U.S. President.

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Reconceiving Columbus Day

Jim Thomas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

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Jim Thomas

Columbus Day can be an Americas day, plural not possessive, and can honor the original peoples of the hemisphere as it reminds us, its current peoples, that we share more than a land mass, we share a future.

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It's Columbus Day! Does Anyone Care?

Wall Street Journal | CONOR DOUGHERTY and SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home

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The tradition of honoring Christopher Columbus for sailing the ocean blue in 1492 is facing rougher seas than the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria....

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Unlearning the "Perfect Lessons" From History

Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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Carol Smaldino

To admit our part in emotional and educational and political violence, through our modeling of hatred and righteousness or through our passivity, we would have to begin to turn the notion of perfectionism on its head.

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Denver Columbus Day Parade, Long A Source Of Tensions, Still On Despite Hoax

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — A Denver parade in honor of Christopher Columbus is on – despite a phony e-mail that circulated Thursday saying the downtown cele...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Rediscovering Online Safety

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Online Safety, Mccain, Obama, Family Online Safety Insitute, Technology, Family Online Safety Institute Conference, Columbus Day, Stephen Balkam, Broadband Data Improvement Act, Bridge to Nowhere, Ted Stevens, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, Living News
Stephen Balkam

The Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act is a sign that Congress is beginning to get it right when it comes to protecting kids online while not stepping over legitimate free expression rights.

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