They Don't Know When They're Licked

In 1894 San Francisco dedicated an elaborate monument to the history of California, a vast pile of granite and bronze paid for by the estate of philanthropist James Lick. Last week San Francisco took a step toward getting rid of it.

Activists had tried before to have the monument removed, but that was before the modern frenzy for stuffing statues down the memory hole. The problem is a grouping of three bronze men—a cowboy, an Indian, and a cleric—off on one side of the monument. Right thinkers have long complained about how the Indian is portrayed.