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Maybe it's not quite as simple as the headline would indicate, but the truth of the matter is indisputable. Illinois High School athletics first used the term way back in 1939.

If you still think the federal bureaucracy isn't totally out of control, here's yet another piece of evidence. The U.S. Patent Office has ruled that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled...