King Speech

Last night, while I read the transcript of MLK's 1967 speech against the war, I also listened to Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On". Many of the same issues are discussed in both. As I listened and read, I realized that almost nothing has changed since the era of Vietnam. The country is still plagued with "superficial patriotism". We engage in a "war on crime" here on the home front, but we still let ourselves be duped into a murderous, fruitless fight overseas. How can we expect to help other nations when we, ourselves, need help. There are some striking (and down-right frightening) similarities between now and then. It's been forty years. Why haven't we learned our lesson?