GRAPPLING WITH THE `ONE-DROP’ RULE
Tiger Woods, the first man of color to win the Masters golf tournament, deserves applause for his one-man rejection of the "one-drop" rule. But he's facing a big, uphill fight....
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RELIGIOUS OFFENSE FOLLOWS POLITICAL CLOUT
Somebody's always accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of being politically incorrect. Now the court is being accused of being religiously incorrect. So, far the court doesn't much care. A coalition...
A LITTLE LESS NOISE, PLEASE, ABOUT TIGER WOODS
I watch with as much excitement as any other fan when Tiger Woods busts barriers of all types in the world of professional golf. I also observed with great respect...
A STATUE WITH LIMITATIONS
One of the biggest battles on Capitol Hill these days is in the Capitol's basement. It's in a spot indelicately called the Crypt, where sits a 13-ton statue of three...
A COMPUTER CULT’S TRAGIC `RELIGION’
If I were asked to review the farewell videotape of the Heaven's Gate computer cult, I would, in the style of two well-known film critics, give it thumbs up for...
MAINTAINING ETHNIC SURVIVAL IN A HOMOGENIZING NATION
If there were no white racism, would there be a black culture? I once heard that question, raised by a black scholar at a historically black college, cause a stunned...
HANDS OFF THE INTERNET, PLEASE
I have a suggestion for judges and politicians who want to protect children by legislating pornography off the Internet: Don't just do something, stand there! I realize this suggestion runs...
AMERICANS GIVE A BIG HO-HUM TO CLINTON `SCANDALS’
"Are we just talking to ourselves?" So said one of my colleagues recently in a newsroom chat. We were talking about the public's lack of response to all the stories...
SEPARATING SEX FROM SCANDAL IN THE MILITARY
Critics of sexual integration in the military are finding plenty of ammunition in recent headlines about sex scandals and friction in the ranks. Trouble is, their ammo is all wet....
B.I.G. PROBLEMS AT THE ROOT OF RAP VIOLENCE
Like the death of rap star Tupac Shakur, the death of his rival rapper, The Notorious B.I.G (alias Biggie Smalls, alias Christopher Wallace), is an example of a culture's chickens...