Know Your Enemy: Howard Zinn and Learn to Combat I studied American history and literature in college--decades ago. During the brief interval between my returning for graduate work, Howard Zinn had hit. All of my students were talking about Zinn, putting Zinn into their papers, etc. It was really strange and here I'd never heard of this guy--this is mid 90s. Zinn hit a perfect storm. Kids when they hit 16 or so--they always hate history classes. Usually the history they learn seems boring. Zinn offered the perfect antidote--hey kids, you've been lied to all these years--you've been suckered into believing all this crap and now I am here to expose it all. They ate it all up.  But Zinn, to say the least, is a dishonest historian. He's not the only one by a long shot but he is the most prevalent one. Not only did he plagiarize, but worse, he decontextualized history. Columbus has suffered greatly because of it. He makes it appear that Columbus was advocating the enslavement of Indians when in fact Columbus was discussing how one tribe of Indians had captured and enslaved another tribe. It is important to truly understand how REWRITING AMERICAN HISTORY has bee-lined us straight towards this specific moment today. If you are interested--here are some links: https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/08/debunking-left-wing-historian-howard-zinn-is-like-shooting-fish-in-a-barrel/ https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-howard-zinn