Brian Levine
2007-08-19 20:37:09
I have similar feelings of, “what’s it all mean” when I read my kids history books. Its like they leeched all the meaning out of them and everything is a succession of platitudes and unrelated facts.
I blame interest group politics and books written by committees. There isn’t a “have it make sense” interest group, so all the other groups get satisfied and meaning goes by the wayside. Also, my daughter’s high school history book has nine authors.
I send my kids to the library to learn history.
