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...himself. He betrays a weakness of character -- a lack of grace, and guts, under pressure. His campaign for re-election hasn't even got tough. So far he faces opposition from a conservative pundit and TV talking head who has never run for dogcatcher, a former Nazi and Ku Klux Klan Pooh-Bah who was recently rejected by the good people of Louisiana, and a Democratic field that has yet to close ranks behind a compelling candidate or a coherent platform. Yet already Bush is running scared. Even when he is more than 5,000 miles from the nearest primary...
Barely a month after blacks and whites in New Orleans banded together to defeat former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in the Louisiana Governor's race, the city's newfound unity has been shattered by a controversial antidiscrimination law. For more than a century, many of the elite Mardi Gras krewes, which organize colorful carnival balls and parades, have been white, all-male organizations. But in a unanimous decision last week, the city council ruled that any krewe that bars blacks, Jews or women could not only lose its parade permit but also face criminal penalties...
Lots of luck. In Dubuque as elsewhere, racial debates frequently descend into ugly arguments over affirmative action, quotas, welfare -- and worse. Smelling fertile soil, Ku Klux Klan national director Thom Robb of Arkansas and a few of his cronies made an appearance three weeks ago, attracting about 150 residents to a rally. "You hear people saying that the Klan sounds kind of reasonable, and that's scary," says Francis Giunta, head of the Dubuque Federation of Labor. Plan supporters held counterdemonstrations. Even the Guardian Angels showed up for a few days. At Dubuque Senior High School, police had to patrol...
...President Art A. Hall '93 said that the representatives from the Institute of Politics (IOP) had asked his organization to sponsor a possible speech by Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who last month lost in his bid for the Louisiana governorship...
BOSTON--Campaigners for David Duke left the office of Gov. William F. Weld '66 empty-handed yesterday when they came seeking his signature in their drive to get the former Ku Klux Klan leader's name on the primary ballot...