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Columbus Beheaded

June 12, 2020 / 6 Comments

In the midst of the cultural brouhaha I wrote a recent article on whether to honor Confederate generals (we should not), but today received an image of a decapitated Christopher Columbus that hit closer home.  As someone who grew up in Puerto Rico, an island Columbus landed on, whose first governor was Juan Ponce de … [Read more…]

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