This is a rebuttal to the Timothy Herrick “Opinion” piece. Oddly his is free to read yet this is a pay for “Subscriber Exclusive”. Too long to post the whole thing.
 
Columbus’ voyages were a significant human achievement. He deserves to be honored | Opinion
 
    Updated: Oct. 21, 2022, 4:45 p.m.|Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 4:02 p.m.
 
By    Jersey Journal Guest Columnist
 
By John DiGenio
 
Timothy Herrick would have us believe that “Christopher Columbus Drive is the Jersey City equivalent of Confederate statues – and as horrifying.” Mr. Herrick weaves an incoherent tapestry of pseudo-history that manages to sew Columbus’s “first encounter” to the experiences that colonialists had with the Native Americans in what would become Jersey City.
 
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/10/columbus-voyages-were-a-significant-human-achievement-he-deserves-to-be-honored-opinion.html