A Sign of Sanity in San Francisco Commentary By Editor’s note: Under public pressure and facing a mass recall, the San Francisco School Board announced that it would put the planned renaming of 44 schools on hold. The list of names deemed racist included Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Paul Revere, among many others. The city’s school board acknowledged that some of the name changes occurred despite inaccurate information. The school board also received sharp criticism for focusing on name changes rather than the process of reopening. The following is a republished op-ed by Jarrett Stepman explaining why the relentless push to erase history is often divorced from fact or truth and why it’s such an ominous trend for the future of the country if it continues unchecked.