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This scared everyone away from middle names. Zach Taylor, Frank Pierce, Abe Lincoln, Andy Johnson, and some others I can't remember didn't use their second names...
President Rudenstine is quoted as saying he supports a policy of non-discrimination. Suppose a drama group at Harvard is casting a play which calls for a white man to play the lead--possibly involving a Lincoln or a Roosevelt--and a Black man applies for the part. Is it discrimination to turn him down in order to maintain the integrity of the play? Maybe we should talk about fitness rather than discrimination. The Pentagon is concerned about the fitness and integrity of our officers...
...flag burning, he first opposed the Supreme Court's sensible 1989 ruling which upheld the right to torch Old Glory (another purely political decision, which played well in Lincoln), and then supported it. Why? Chief Justice William Rehnquist pissed him off when he wrote in his dissent that people during the Vietnam War were defending the flag. Kerrey said he personally was not, and that he had therefore decided that the court was right--the flag was just a symbol...
...rising tide of Black interest in the party of Lincoln is but a sign of this. The passionate opponents of Thomas oppose him not so much for his alleged defects of character or competence, but fundamentally because his views no longer conform to views acceptable to the liberal establishment so long accustomed to framing our moral and political agenda...
Johnny D's-at 17 Holland St. in Davis Square in Somerville. Call 776-9667. Thursday: as seen on the Sting tour, IRS recording artist Vinx. Friday: John Lincoln Wright and The Sourmash Boys with Courage Brothers. Saturday: Rounder-Bullseye recording artist Little Jimmy King & Memphis Soul Survivors. Tuesday: Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick. Wednesday: James Brown's sax man Maceo Parker's Mo Roots featuring Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis...