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NASA wants us awestruck by Artemis II circling the moon. But iPINIONS asks what kind of country can spend billions on space spectacle and war while its own citizens still line up for basic care and dignity here on Earth. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/artemis-ii-another-moon-shot-another Read more.
It is common knowledge that Martin Luther King Jr was a womanizer. He even rivaled John F. Kennedy in this respect. Of course, JFK was a president, not a preacher. But I am the son of a preacher man. So I have standing to put MLK’s womanizing into perspective. As it happens, I did over… Read more.
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would bemoan that America remains so far from the Promised Land of his famous dream. It speaks volumes in this respect that President-elect Trump marked observations of this holiday two years ago with a racist rant against MLK protégé John Lewis. I commented in “Observing… Read more.
I have been making this claim for decades. It’s based primarily on the fact that Frederick Douglass personified both the contradictions and promises that define America’s founding documents. And he did so like nobody else has or ever could. Unfortunately, even black historians have been so indoctrinated with white historiography, they invariably try to qualify my… Read more.
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would be the first to bemoan that America remains so far from the Promised Land that inspired his famous dream. It speaks volumes in this respect that President-elect Trump began observations of this holiday last year with a racist rant on Twitter against MLK protégé John… Read more.
I am a big fan of historical films like Spartacus, Schindler’s List, Invictus, and Mississippi Burning. And I fully appreciate the artistic license screenwriters and directors take in each case for dramatic effect. But I’ve always been concerned about artists taking so much license that what appears on screen bears little resemblance to historical facts.… Read more.
I am fond of saying that I have as much love and admiration for Mandela as any non-South African could. But my record of political activism and published commentaries (dating back decades) bears this out. This is why I am so seized with contempt for those who appear to have acquired more love and admiration… Read more.
Much is being made in the media about just-released audiotapes on which former First Lady Jackie Kennedy can be heard oozing moral indignation at MLK – saying, among other things: I just can’t see a picture of Martin Luther King without thinking, you know, that man’s terrible. (Associated Press, September 8, 2011) She also calls him… Read more.
The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) has hardly been enhanced by the squabbling among his four children – pitting two of them who regard it as their inheritance to use for their personal benefit against the other two who regard it as a public trust for them to manage as zealous trustees. [Children of Martin Luther… Read more.
Taylor Branch is the critically acclaimed biographer of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). At Canaan’s Edge is the third volume of his MLK trilogy. But it’s generating hype for portraying MLK as a womanizer more than a civil rights leader. Jon Meacham is Newsweek’s eminent historian. On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, he recommended… Read more.
