Remembering Dr. King, Pt. II

There's a great op-ed column in today's NY Times entitled "Globalizing King's Legacy".

Key passage:

Only hours before his death, Dr. King startled an aide with a balmy aside from his unpopular movement to uplift the poor. "In our next campaign," he remarked, "we have to institutionalize nonviolence and take it international."

The nation would do well to incorporate this goal into our mission abroad, reinforcing the place of nonviolence among the fundamentals of democracy, along with equal citizenship, self-government and accountable public trust. We could also restore Dr. King's role in the continuing story of freedom to its rightful prominence, emphasizing that the best way to safeguard democracy is to practice it. And we must recognize that the accepted tradeoff between freedom and security is misguided, because our values are the essence of our strength. If dungeons, brute force and arbitrary rule were the keys to real power, Saudi Arabia would be a model for the future instead of the past.

Agreed 110%.

(Hat-tip- Andrew Sullivan)

Also, here's an interesting AP report if only for the headline:
AP Poll: Blacks Likelier to Celebrate MLK

Finally, Tom Tomorrow imagines Dr. King as a guest on Sean Hannity's show.