Monday, October 12, 2009
Columbus Day
And, in observance, a 1991 Time magazine column by Charles Krauthammer, "Hail, Columbus, Dead White Male."
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- dylan
- I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
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Amen!! And I'm not just saying that because I'm in Columbus. :-)
The city, that is.
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