"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
In Memoriam MLK: I was listening on the way home tonight to the many tributes to Martin Luther King, Jr. on the radio, and I thought about how far we have come in the past fifty years. We've come so far that my Italian/Irish/German/Swiss/English and heaven-knows-what-else daughter often expresses the wish to be African-American. She's learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. in school, read his "I Have a Dream" speach, heard the story of Rosa Parks, the Underground Railroad, Fredrick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Ruby Bridges. She's taken these stories of personal courage and triumph over overwhelming odds to heart. To her mind, African-American is the best ethnic group hands down. What better testimony to the success of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy? posted by Sydney on
1/20/2003 09:59:00 PM
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