I've been ambivalent about the King holiday as well. I had always considered it a good example of how political correctness has inundated our culture. Until this year I thought that King's impact on America was relatively small, but while listening to his "I Have a Dream" speech on the radio this past Monday my attitude has changed. So melodic, lyrical, and mesmerizing was that oration, and so entrancing that I ran a stop sign right in front of a cop. "That wasn't even a California stop", he told me. So, now, at last, I have some personal insight into how MLK affects Americans.