In an act of sublime idiocy, the San Francisco school board has decided to paint over a mural of George Washington in a local high school. To those who know the mural’s history, this is a consummate act of the microaggression revolution devouring its own in a frenzy of ignorance. The mural is not a paean to Washington the military hero or the first president of the Republic. This is not Washington crossing the Delaware or on bent knee at Valley Forge seeking divine guidance. The picture depicts Washington standing over his slaves picking cotton while a group of colonizers pass by the body of a dead Indian. In most other American cities, conservative forces would have had their own reasons for tearing down the mural. But then this is San Francisco, a town that has long had a powerful liberal to militant left political nexus. The artist was Victor Arnautoff, Russian immigrant, devoted communist, and colleague of fellow revolutionary Diego Rivera. Like Rivera,...(Read Full Post)