{"id":1758,"date":"2010-01-18T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T16:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2010\/01\/another_reminder_to_our_pipsqu\/"},"modified":"2010-01-18T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T16:55:41","slug":"another_reminder_to_our_pipsqu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2010\/01\/another_reminder_to_our_pipsqu.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Reminder to Our Pipsqueak Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Luther King Jr. was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2007\/01\/bold_and_beautiful.html\">bold and  beautiful<\/a> for a reason. He seems a figure from a distant past.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is it because he died so prematurely, killed by an assassin&#8217;s bullet, at 39? Or does he recede into history because someone of his towering stature is unimaginable in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>B<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>a<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>n<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>a<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>n<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>a<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>R<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>e<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>p<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>u<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>b<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>l<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/torture\/view\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>i<\/strong><\/font><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101606O.shtml\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#FF0000>c<\/strong><\/font><\/a> led by blustering moral pipsqueaks?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Barack Obama&#8217;s troubles underscore the point. The headline on Paul Krugman&#8217;s column today &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/18\/opinion\/18krugman.html?hp\">&#8220;What Didn&#8217;t Happen&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; should have read &#8220;Yes We Can&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Luther King Jr. was bold and beautiful for a reason. He seems a figure from a distant past. Is it because he died so prematurely, killed by an assassin&#8217;s bullet, at 39? Or does he recede into history because someone of his towering stature is unimaginable in a aaaeulc led by blustering moral pipsqueaks? 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