Sorry folks, I am old school when it comes to October 14th. It's been Columbus Day all of my life and I don't really see any reason to stop observing it as such. Not that I spend much time celebrating. For me it is just another holiday -- a reason to have an early beer and maybe a grilled hot dog or burger.
The progressive liberals among us want to call it Indigenous Peoples Day, as a rebuke to the reported excesses of Columbus and his crew of marauders against the natives. That's a bit too woke for me. I liked it better when Columbus was the hero who put America on the map. But no, Lefty know-it-alls are determined to explode the myths that have been part of my education since I was able to read. The other day I read that according to recent research, Abe Lincoln was probably gay. Who needs this kind of "truth"? Does it make us happier, more secure, wealthier? I say no.
