And no, it wasn't every person's right to go Galt.
One of the infuriating aspects of the King Holiday is the annual attempt by Republicans to try to lay some claim to his legacy. It's as if they think none of us have ever paid attention to the things that have made the GOP what it is for these last forty plus years.
This article in the American Prospect by Peter Dreier is a wonderful antidote to this kind of nonsense. Dreier's piece focuses on the cause that drew King to Memphis at the time of his assassination and makes the always necessary case that King was a genuine man of the left. I have tried to emphasize this each year, because it seems to me one vital aspect of the King legacy that is consistently (and deliberately) overlooked.
I anxiously await the GOP platform devoted to the elimination of unemployment, the creation of a guaranteed minimum national income, and more low-income housing.
