>> howard zinn was a historian. he died a few years ago.he wrote a book that since its writing more than a quarter-century ago, is enjoyed every year. it sold a couple million volumes. two words, guns and greed. you can see in that clip that he is not very fond of our founding come in a very fond of any period in american history. he thinks that we have been dedicated to a lot of the wrong things. he goes through in his narrative and challenges the prevailing one. he sees himself as responding to the traditional view of america as exceptional. i think a little different approach -- i have been critical of howard zinn because i think he paints with too broad a brush. merican exceptionalism can sometimes be that version he describes. that is problematic. it is also problematic to not recognize, to deny that there have been great accomplishments in american history. properly understood, i think american exceptionalism recognizes that we were born. we were created with the commitment to equality and liberty. more than any other country on earth

i think a little different approach -- i have been critical of howard zinn because i think he paintsth too broad a brush . american exceptionalism can sometimes be that version he describes. that is problematic. it is also problematic to not recognize, to deny that there have been great accomplishments in american history. properly understood, i think american exceptionalism .ecognizes that we were born we were created with the commitment to equality and liberty. more than any other country on earth, we have sought to secure that for our citizens and the citizens of the rest of the world. is the cause of all nations. that kind of universalism that you see in george washington's life, in james madison's work, 'n abaco -- abigail adams striving was characterized not by that chest thumping, but rather a striving to be great. you would have to earn that. the way to earn that would to be construct an edifice that could truly stand the storm. , about a monthon into the constitutional conventions when things were looking really difficult, wrote a letter. he said, we can lay the foundation,

howard zinn said, objectivity is impossible. it is also undesirable. that is, if it were possible, it would be undesirable, because if you think that history should serve a social purpose, then you make your choices based on that. in other words, he is an ideologue. the facts are not important to advancing his ideology. i don't think i would get much disagreement from the left that he is a leftist ideologue. katie couric is not an ideologue. why does she do it? it is because that in the 1980's, the hippies that are not now teaching at our schools and the children of the 1960's, they used their power because they recognized objectivity is undesirable because it gets in the way of their stupid ideology that sounds brilliant, but it does not work -- you cannot be objective. are you sure that is not productive? you can't be objective. that is your bigotries. they use the power. the ideologues who believe objectivity's undesirable to brainwash successive generations. in the schools, starting at the age of five. by the way, there is a book written by a liber

howard zinn said, objectivity is impossible. it is also undesirable. that is, if it were possible, it would be undesirable, because if you think that history should serve a social purpose, then you make your choices based on that. in other words, he is an ideologue. the facts are not important to advancing his ideology. i don't think i would get much disagreement from the left that he is a leftist ideologue. katie couric is not an ideologue. why does she do it? it is because that in the 1980's, the hippies that are not now teaching at our schools and the children of the 1960's, they used their power because they recognized objectivity is undesirable because it gets in the way of their stupid ideology that sounds brilliant, but it does not work -- you cannot be objective. are you sure that is not productive? you can't be objective. that is your bigotries. they use the power. the ideologues who believe objectivity's undesirable to brainwash successive generations. in the schools, starting at the age of five. by the way, there is a book written by a liber

howard then -- he is adored. spring teen -- springsteen wrote a song to him. zinn is the author of the single most assigned text on american history among public schools and private schools. this means that your children are learning our history from the man i am about to tell you more about. it also means that whatever administrators pick that book to be the history book, they also picked all the other books that your children are learning from. said, objectivity is impossible. it is also undesirable. itt is, if it were possible, would be undesirable, because if you think that history should serve a social purpose, then you make your choices based on that. in other words, he is an ideologue. the facts are not important to are the -- advancing his ideology. i don't think i would get much disagreement from the left that he is a leftist ideologue. katie couric is not an ideologue. why did she do it? it is because that in the 1980's, the hippies that are not teaching that our schools and the children of the 1960's, they used their power because they recognized objecti