No more bigotry on the fruited plain.(Nation)(Pruden On Politics) From: The Washington Times | Date: May 11, 2001| Author: Pruden, Wesley | COPYRIGHT 2001 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is rarely civil and seeks to promote privileges not rights, nevertheless made the back pages of the newspapers the other day with a pronunciamento that the use of Indian names and mascots "may" violate anti-discrimination laws.

As usual, nobody paid much attention. The commission has no police powers, some of its members vaguely resemble poorly embalmed corpses, and it survives only because getting rid of it would be more tr...

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