Martin Luther King Jr.: What lessons remain?

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Is the dream fulfilled?

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Martin Luther King Jr.: What lessons remain?

Today is the day Americans celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. America still experiences battles over race -- witness last year's events in Jena, La. But we also have a black man running as a leading contender for the White House.

What lessons can we still learn from Martin Luther King Jr.? When will we know that the dream has been fulfilled?

Ben likes: The radical as conservative

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History is up to its old tricks again. The radical agitator of one generation becomes the conservative icon of another. Martin Luther King Jr. meets the very definition of an American conservative, that is, someone dedicated to preserving the gains of a liberal revolution.

Joel likes: Let justice roll down

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Are demonstrations of any use, some ask, when resistance is so unyielding? Would the slower processes of legislation and law enforcement ultimately accomplish greater results more painlessly? Demonstrations, experience has shown, are part of the process of stimulating legislation and law enforcement. The federal government reacts to events more quickly when a situation of conflict cries out for its intervention. Beyond this, demonstrations have a creative effect on the social and psychological climate that is not matched by the legislative process.