Should we change the name of Washington D.C.? Political correctness run amok

There is a joke going around about the owner of the football team, the Washington Redskins. He is being besieged on all sides by politically corrects folks demanding that he change the name of the team. The name is offensive. It is so insensitive. It is hurtful to so many. Finally the owner agrees. He says, "OK! You're right. I will change the name. I will drop the offensive word – Washington." With the politically correct demands being put forward on American campuses over the past weeks,

There is a joke going around about the owner of the football team, the Washington Redskins. He is being besieged on all sides by politically corrects folks demanding that he change the name of the team. The name is offensive. It is so insensitive. It is hurtful to so many. Finally the owner agrees. He says, "OK! You're right. I will change the name. I will drop the offensive word – Washington." With the politically correct demands being put forward on American campuses over the past weeks, some…