No this isn’t about martinis and disappointment when they’re stirred rather than shaken.  Today we are celebrating MLK (Martin Luther King) Day here in the United States.  This morning I was indulging in my morning ritual of reading through various news sites before I got into the days work.  There were a number of terrific articles about the slain civil rights leader, and reprints of a number of his speeches.  And every article was followed with a deluge of the most grotesque, hateful and openly raciest comments I’ve ever seen.  Perhaps it is just the anonymity of the net that allows this to happen, but the fact there are people out there who are willing to publicly make these statements about this man in particular and African-Americans in general has me once more in despair.

Is it ever going to get better?  Are we ever going to face, acknowledge and deal with America’s original sin?