SUN JOURNAL • December 9, 2023
Historical revisionism in the name of political correctness in this country is taking our confused culture into unchartered territory that is as absurd as it is dishonest to history itself. The American Ornithological Society is going to do away with the naming of songbirds after people and, apparently, is going to rename birds named after past individuals, whose beliefs or behavior do not measure up to AOS’s moral standards. As for me, a casual bird watcher and an old school traditionalist, I think that this whole undertaking is for the birds. ~ V. Paul Reynolds.