Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived in a time when the wretched echoes of America’s half-slave, half-free past still wore heavy upon the nation. Generations after our brothers and sisters had been unshackled from physical chains, our society had not finished its work to liberate it’s heart from old prejudices. [...]
Throughout the 2008 election season, I cringed inside every time I heard a candidate wax philosophical about how terrorists ought to be treated. My hope was that the candidates spouting opposition to Guantanamo bay or grandstanding about how military tribunals were insufficient to support America’s ideals were cynically spoon-feeding nonsense to the radical leftist base. [...]