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Brown's editorial displays the same prejudice and lack of perspective with which he credits the "traitors, miscreants and goons" of the South. Yes, the confederate flag is an inappropriate symbol for the Georgia state flag. Gov. Zell Miller, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the majority of those whom I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Underestimate South's Potential | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

On Tuesday, Feb. 20, Cambridge parents, teachers and all who were watching the cablecast of the School Committee meeting witnessed a shameful display of partisan politics. Members Duehay, Simmons, Segat and Turkel, the supposed enlightened members of the committee, had privately decided to elect a vice chair. Despite the objections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Partisan Politics in School Committee | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Maybe The Birdcage--with its Romeo and Juliet plot about two young lovers and their opposing families, one gay, one straight--will challenge a few prejudices. For a start, it's funny, with two of the world's most gifted comics, Lane and Williams, as the drag queen and his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE FINAL FRONTIER | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Striking parallels exist between the legacy of Nazi Germany and the heritage of the Confederacy and its rebel flag. The Confederacy's struggle to preserve the "peculiar institution" of slavery was an attempt to resist the democratic ideals sweeping the Western world. While other enlightened nations were rejecting the barbarity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confederate Flags Must Vanish | 3/5/1996 | See Source »

These squawks from Washington miss the point. As an American citizen, Farrakhan is entitled to say whatever he wants about any issue, anyplace in the world. That's not treason. It's the Constitution. But Farrakhan's demonstrated eagerness to play ball with tyrants should alarm every black American still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO INNOCENT ABROAD | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

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