An excellent obituary of the "people's historian" can be found here, and a very recent interview with Zinn about his documentary "The People Speak" and other important matters is at this link.

(Thanks to PG for the heads up on these links.)

On another matter entirely. I gather that America (or some of it) has been transfixed by the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien affair. So much attention to two guys who aren't very funny, nor are their writers.