Birthday wishes

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered so many remarkable, inspirational statements in his lifetime that it's hard to pick just one to highlight on the day we have set aside to honor his memory and achievements. Still, his letter from the Birmingham Jail, reprinted in this morning's Sacramento Bee, is one of history's most pointed and profound arguments for nonviolent resistance to oppression.

I only wish on this day that there was a political candidate able to reach inside themselves and deliver that sort of principled eloquence, that kind of wise, unyielding and inspirational call to action. Oh, wait: there is.