Bill Press: Burying myth of 'lost cause' once and for all
The idea we all grew up with: that Columbus discovered North America in 1492? Fuhgeddaboudit! Scientists reported this week that a new type of dating technique proves that Vikings occupied a settlement at the northern tip of Newfoundland in 1021 AD – exactly a millennium ago and 471 years before the voyage of Columbus!
But that’s not the only long-held belief to be shattered lately. So’s the myth of the Civil War as a noble, but “lost cause.” It’s a myth
