Bright ignoramuses.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills; Americans lack historical knowledge - Brief Article

One reason I feel compelled to give history lessons in this month's column is that too many Americans, even very bright ones, are ignoramuses when it comes to history. "Our children don't know American history because they are not being taught it," Sen. Lamar Alexander recently told a congressional hearing. And David Broder reports...