COLUMBUS, YES OR NO: Was Christopher Columbus the genocidal European maniac who sought out the New World in order to exploit its riches, commit genocide among its peoples and spread incurable plagues to finish them off? Or was he rather closer to the traditional understanding of the significance of his discovery of the New World?

Thank goodness for Prager U to provide a superb 5:30 video hosted by Michael Knowles that lays out the good, the bad and the mythical about the Italian explorer who launched the age of exploration that ultimately led to the founding of America. As explained on HillFaith this morning, the bottom-line issue here is how you view western civilization.