Renewed debate over Columbus Day erupts in Southampton, LI https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/columbus-day-southampton-schools-debate-1.28144501  

CON: Covering up paintings of Columbus imprisons history By David Tucker Tribune News Service (TNS) Feb 27, 2019 ASHLAND, Ohio — The University of Notre Dame plans to cover murals depicting Columbus as benevolent toward Native Americans because they offend some people. Is this a silly example of political correctness? Yes, and it’s harmful too....

Christopher Columbus, hero not heathen | Michael Knowles LIVE at University of Notre Dame          

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/23/oscars-green-book-hollywood-anti-italian-stereotypes-column/2916706002/ Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ shows Hollywood’s blatant contempt for Italian-Americans Rosario A. Iaconis, Opinion contributorPublished 4:00 a.m. ET Feb. 23, 2019 | Updated 6:06 p.m. ET Feb. 24, 2019 Peek behind the curtain and see what even first-time Oscar nominees may not know. USA TODAY NETWORK Despite the formulaic buddy-flick denouement in ‘Green Book,’ many viewers...

Goodbye, Columbus By BRIAN T. ALLEN February 2, 2019 5:30 AM Visitors pass the mural titled Columbus Coming Ashore at the University of Notre Dame. (University of Notre Dame) The Notre Dame murals are not a hill to die on, but where does the war on art stop?Ihappened to be in South Bend, Ind., a couple of days...