Christopher Columbus is one of a number of historical icons who has come under left-wing attack in recent decades, with the result that many jurisdictions have abandoned Columbus Day and replaced it ...

President William Henry Harrison proclaimed Oct. 12 as Columbus Day in 1892, saying that the Italian navigator brought enlightenment and progress to the New World. Fast forward to 1992, during a ...

In 1992, I wrote an essay for this newspaper. It was called "Rethinking Columbus: Thoughts by an Italian American." In that essay, I shared my deep concerns about the coming 500-year celebrations of ...

"Scioto Lounge" involves three anthropomorphic deer that overlook the Scioto River in downtown Columbus. High Street, especially around the Short North, has long operated as the center of Columbus’ ...

We 21 women of Italian American ancestry, of Central New York, have seriously considered the monuments to Columbus and their symbolic statement of Italian immigrant pride. Italians have a deep and ...

While most of us enjoyed extra hours of sleep, food, and revelry on Monday, in the fifteenth century the native Taino people of Hispaniola did not enjoy being enslaved, forcibly converted to ...

Last week, a story about book banning in the Tucson Unified School District appeared in newspapers (NY Times) and blogs (Larry Ferlazzo). Tucson USD allegedly banned books on a variety of topics but ...

Around the world, preparations are under way for the 500th anniversary celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of America. We use the word “discover” advisedly, since the significance of ...