… hard-charging leftist historian, as famous for his running battles with Boston University president John Silber as for his People’s History of the United States, has died.
… hard-charging leftist historian, as famous for his running battles with Boston University president John Silber as for his People’s History of the United States, has died.
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January 28th, 2010 at 8:21AM
Howard Zinn and history share approximately the same relationship as Trofim Lysenko and biology.
January 28th, 2010 at 10:58AM
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January 28th, 2010 at 4:43PM
In a better world, we would have academic historians writing popular history books while sticking to academic proprieties, giving the public an alternative to the pseudo-historical polemics pushed out by the right wing and left wing quicky presses.
Thanks to Howard Zinn, we do not live in that better world.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:11PM
Well said, theprofessor and Omri.