Sometimes Humpty Dumpty can be put back together again.
Back in 2020, during the spasm of violence in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, vandals in Baltimore, Md., tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus.
Welcome Back, Christopher Columbus
by Rich Lowry
What Columbus pulled off was the equivalent, in today’s terms, of traveling to Mars in a jerry-rigged spacecraft.
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A statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus stands outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington, D.C., March 23, 2026.
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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