I think I understand the POV of his critics somewhat but I appreciate Prof. Zinn. The teary eyed fondness for the wonderful legacy of all things European American needed a bit of deflating when Zinn happened along.

The lust of Columbus and gang for fast wealth has been a sorry legacy for America through the centuries. Just go in, rip it up and don't let the whining of the damned natives slow you down.

The last paragraphs of that piece are sorta in line with what I'm starting to feel:

One of Professor Zinn’s last public writings was a brief essay, published last week in The Nation, about the first year of the Obama administration.

“I’ve been searching hard for a highlight,” he wrote, adding that he wasn’t disappointed because he never expected a lot from President Obama.

“I think people are dazzled by Obama’s rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president — which means, in our time, a dangerous president — unless there is some national movement to push him in a better direction.”

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