What Humans Do

Great article about wildlife in the 1100-square-mile contaminated zone around Chernobyl.

Also, archaeologists have found a passageway George Washington built, so his guests wouldn't have to look at the slaves coming and going. George was real hospitable like that.

"As you enter the heaven of liberty, you literally have to cross the hell of slavery," said Michael Coard, a Philadelphia attorney who leads a group that worked to have slavery recognized at the site. "That's the contrast, that's the contradiction, that's the hypocrisy. But that's also the truth."

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The findings have created a quandary for National Park Service and city officials planning an exhibit at the house. They are now trying to decide whether to incorporate the remains into the exhibit or go forward with plans to fill in the ruins and build an abstract display about life in the house.

"fill in the ruins" . . .

After all, the guests didn't want to see the slaves then . . . why should they have to look now?