A columnist for The Washington Post published an Op-Ed Monday arguing that the newspaper needs to drop the “Washington” from its name because George Washington, after whom the paper is indirectly named, owned slaves. The Jefferson Memorial, the city of Arlington, which is named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s estate, and different military bases named after Confederate soldiers are among the examples Thiessen uses to illustrate all of the things that would need to be renamed if “self-righteous liberals” continue attempts to “wipe away history.” The calls to rename public buildings even reached to Progressive icon Woodrow Wilson last week after a high school teacher in Oregon started lobbying to have Woodrow Wilson High School’s name changed.