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Exclusive: The Spiritual Dimensions of Nationhood » Publications » Family Security Matters: "I’ve said this before but no matter how many times it is said, it bears repeating: the threats that the United States face from a fanatical Islamic foe are made possible by our devotion to positions that undermine our heritage, accomplishments and founding.

It is not coincidental that I’m reminded of this condition by the passing of Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of The United States. This bestselling book, memorialized by the pseudo intellectual rants of the actor, Matt Damon, is among the most influential textbooks ever published. Bob Herbert of the New York Times wrote a saccharine ecology which suggested Zinn was a “national treasure.” If so, it was a treasure of fool’s gold.

Zinn was not an historian in any real sense, but an ideologue who would envision only the blemishes in America’s past. For him, the American experiment was predicated on colonialism, imperial aims, exploitation and enslavement. But the curious matter is that Zinn’s brand of contemptuous nihilism, his anti-American posture and hatred of capitalism, have caught on among American elites."