Why did Jim Knauff send a digest back to the list three times without actually commenting on anything? It makes for awfully annoying digest reading. And, I don't know what classes you're taking at college, but I certainly haven't learned that Columbus was a hero. I'm sure some institutions would say the same about Nathaniel Bedford Forrest too. Maybe you should go to a different school, if you're in such disagreement with what you're taught. just a thought or two, star