Sometimes I wonder what the country would be like today if Martin Luther King Jr. had not been murdered so many years ago. King was a spokesman for peace with sense. I don't think he would have approved of peace at all costs appeasement, nor I do think his message of judging people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, would fit in with either affirmative action or ideas like the Fair Marriage Act. That would put him against both the right and the left. I have a feeling he would be right up there on stage with Bill Cosby talking about individual responsibility and not living the life of a victim. I think, in the end, he would be far closer to a libertarian than anything else these days.

I don't know what he would think about the war in Iraq. I think it's fair to say that he would be disgusted with the rule of Saddam Hussein, who treated his people worse then blacks were treated in King's day here in the US. I don't knwo that eh would approve of war, but I do think he would consider war a viable last means in certain situations. The more I talk about it, the more interested and curious I am. I may have to do a little reading, see if his views on issues beyond what he is most famous for are published anywhere.

One more thing. I think he would be horrified with the way his wife and children have sullied his name in the race for the allmighty dollar.

Anyone else have any thoughts?