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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON; Having Little in Common With King

September 6, 2010 By ALBERT R. HUNT WASHINGTON — Glenn Beck , at his successful “Restoring America” rally in Washington, wrapped himself in the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. He fits much better with another religious-political figure, the late Charles E. Coughlin, the Catholic priest who led a populist-right crusade against President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the... Full article »

LETTER; Anger Is Not the Answer

September 6, 2010 To the Editor: Re “ I Had a Nightmare ,” by Charles M. Blow (column, Aug. 28): I believe that the goal of school systems in this nation is to produce decent and polite citizens who have an academic background sufficient to allow them to think for themselves and to separate fact from fiction when making judgments. When figuring out how... Full article »

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Dr. King’s Newest Marcher

September 5, 2010 By TAYLOR BRANCH Baltimore LIKE the historic original in 1963, Glenn Beck’s commemorative march on Washington has produced a clash of perception. Marchers celebrated rather than besieged the capital, and sweet piety floated above tribal antagonisms. Responses of disbelief have mingled once again with giddy, puzzled surprise. This time, by embracing the legacy... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Mr. Beck Goes to Washington

August 30, 2010 By ROSS DOUTHAT Entering this weekend, I was convinced that Glenn Beck's star was about to go into eclipse. Just as Michael Moore, amid Democratic disarray, became the unlikely face of liberal opposition to George W. Bush, the mercurial, weepy, demagogic Beck has spent the last 18 months filling the void left by the institutional collapse of the Republican Party.... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; I Had a Nightmare

August 28, 2010 By CHARLES M. BLOW The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was already dead when I was born, and yet I idolized him the way most children idolized athletes and pop stars. I had the poster and the T-shirt, I knew the speeches and the places he'd marched. He was smart and brave, steadfast and unmovable. He was a man consumed by conviction and possessed by the magnificent... Full article »

POLITICAL MEMO; Where Dr. King Once Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle

August 28, 2010 By KATE ZERNIKE WASHINGTON -- It seems the ultimate thumb in the eye: that Glenn Beck would summon the Tea Party faithful to a rally on the anniversary of the March on Washington, and address them from the very place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ''I have a dream'' speech 47 years ago. After all, the Tea Party and its critics have been... Full article »

ANCHORAGE JOURNAL; An Honor for Dr. King That Leaves Few Satisfied

August 18, 2010 By WILLIAM YARDLEY ANCHORAGE -- The new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue here is a fine-looking road. Spruce and birch trees line both sides. The Chugach Mountains rise in the distance. It feels, and it is, far away from the struggling streets that bear the civil rights leader's name in many other cities. Unlike those streets, often in historically black or poor... Full article »

Death of a Dream

May 16, 2010 By BRYAN BURROUGH HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin By Hampton Sides Illustrated. 459 pp. Doubleday. $28.95 When asked what he hopes to achieve with a book, the nonfiction writer James B. Stewart likes to say that his goal is to ''inform and entertain,'' a premise that might raise eyebrows in... Full article »

Hired to Bring Order, Kings' Adviser Brings Peace

May 4, 2010 By SHAILA DEWAN ATLANTA -- Just a few months ago, the three surviving children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were embroiled in an embarrassing public feud, accusing one another in court of stealing money and hiding their mother's love letters. But last month, the King siblings -- Bernice, Dexter and Martin III -- turned over a new leaf, issuing statements... Full article »

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Tracing King's Killer In a World of Shadow

April 22, 2010 By JANET MASLIN HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin By Hampton Sides Illustrated. 459 pages. Doubleday. $28.95. In writing ''Hellhound on His Trail,'' the hands-on historian Hampton Sides (''Ghost Soldiers,'' ''Blood and Thunder'') has undertaken a hugely risky proposition. He has pieced... Full article »

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