Barbarians alert: Columbus statue in Little Italy vandalized again.

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The statue was covered with a blue tarp Wednesday and the words “murderer,” “racist,” “rape” and “pig” could be seen spray-painted on the pedestal below it.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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