A Martin Luther King wrap-up

So, it was the fortieth anniversary of Martin Luther King's death in 1968. A number of articles about Dr. King, his mission and where we are now with respect to that mission are here:

A Los Angeles Times article about Dr. King's anger over economic inequality.

Before 1965, King was upbeat and bright, his belief in white America's ability to change by moral suasion resilient and durable. That is the leader we have come to know during annual King commemorations. After 1965, King was darker and angrier; he grew more skeptical about the willingness of America to change without great social coercion.

Following right after that, a current Christian Science Monitor article about how the tax code can be sensibly used to promote economic equality without punishing or forfeiture.

And here is a letter that Dr. King wrote while he was in the Birmingham city jail. This shows us what a national leader was like forty years ago versus today.

We're overall losers in this situation.