What price freedom?
Today was Dr . Martin Luther King Day here in the United States. Perhaps the most unobserved observed holiday ever. There was no mail delivery, schools were closed and most banks were closed. Otherwise, most of us worked all day, which is pretty much the same as when it snows. As some of you remember, the holiday as it was originally proposed drew some harsh criticism from folks in those southern states where Dr. King was roundly criticised during his activism and still to this day is the subject of some hatred. Time wounds all heels. Some of us are old enough to remember signs that said "Negroes may buy here" and "Whites only" drinking fountains. What is lost on the youth of today (and some legislators) is that the country was a much different place a scant 40 years ago - some 2 scores in Lincoln's language. The interesting part of the Doctor King holiday is that some people are worked up over the fact that a man of color (Barack Obama) has been elected pre...