There is a famous quote from George Orwell's 1984: Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past. The vastness of that insight cannot be overstated.  As an amateur historian, I cringe at the outright lies being fed to the public, some of it by people who know they are lying.  Others do it unaware.  Unless these lies are addressed, political solutions to many of the world's problems will prove impossible. Let's start with a common innocuous lie. The story of Granada is all about the Islamic Moors. In year 711, these North African Muslims crossed the straits of Gibraltar and quickly conquered the entire Iberian Peninsula, eventually converting most of its habitants. Throughout the Middle Ages, for over seven hundred years, Spain was a predominantly Muslim society, living under Muslim rule. Now, I do not believe that Rick Steves had sinister motives.  He either was rolling...(Read Full Article)