States seems content to forget the facts, Collins says
(NEWSER) - Virginia might not be so much for lovers as for haters, writes Gail Collins—or at least crazy revisionists of history. Gov. Bob McDonnell's celebration of "Confederate History Month," which failed to acknowledge the existence of slavery in its "love affair with all things Confederate," is the latest in a long line of insults "for those of us who take social studies seriously," Collins writes in the New York Times , noting that secession seems to be in the air. More»
