Archive for April 9th, 2008

Howard Zinn and Empire

Posted on April 9, 2008. Filed under: American history | Tags: America, empire, Howard Zinn, principles |

I’ve just read Howard Zinn’s latest article, “Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire.” I admire Howard Zinn, but I feel his critiques of America’s sins go only  halfway.
Zinn seems to have had the same experience learning about American history in school that I did: either you didn’t read [...]