Few historic figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a “new world.” He is reviled by others who see him as an…
Seeing Cubans as victims of assault
This week the big news is that the United States and Cuba are in high-level talks. Donald Trump brags: “I have the honor of taking Cuba. … I can do anything I want with it.” These comments follow earlier messages…
Christopher Columbus was … Jewish?
Although Christopher Columbus is remembered as much today for unleashing destruction on native peoples as for discovering new lands, one thing about him has remained a mystery: What is his own lineage? Now, Spanish scientists believe he was born into…
Crazy parallels: Reformations then and now
Five hundred years after the Reformation, our world again echoes with a plethora of similar tensions, prickly personalities and transformative technologies.