Columbus Day is a national holiday. But it's also a good time to confront the mythology about the heroic explorer who "discovered" America.

Journalism should provide facts and help us to uncover truths. Yet, when it comes to Christopher Columbus, many reporters and pundits hold on dearly to myths. Meanwhile, historians who deal in documentation are often denigrated as "politically correct" revisionists.

Columbus had convinced Spain's king and queen to finance ...

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