The right way to deal with dishonest Confederate monuments

Power points Defenders of Confederate monuments accuse modern-day critics of “presentism” — using our present-day values to unfairly judge people in the past. But lots of people back then knew slavery was wrong — including many Southerners. There’s a better way to deal with Confederate monuments than either tearing them down or defending them to the hilt.

“Sixty Minutes” did a commendable job on Sunday covering the current political fights over Confederate monuments. Much of Anderson Coope...