The LuLac Edition #698, Jan. 18th, 2009

PHOTO INDEX: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Martin Luther King, Junior would have been 80 this month. Kind of hard to believe. Like the politico heroes of the 60s, he is frozen in time. Killed at the age of 39, his memory, his movement is celebrated as a national holiday. This year, with the placement in the Presidency of an African American, one wonders what Dr. King might have thought about that. For some, King day is one of reflection. For others, just a ski holiday. For still others, the day celebrates not only Dr. King's committment to racial equality but all those Americans of all races who died for the cause. Today we celebrate the man and the movement, on Tuesday we commemorate the logical conclusion of all that is good that came from that crusade. 46 years after the march on Washington, the time has come. And it is good.