[crystalk]

Well, we are told he was the Rev DOCTOR Martin Luther King, so where did he get one? Looks like things were already slipping 40 yrs ago.

[crystalk]

I must note here too, that the notice at top of Ms McKinney's website about the US Senate, is nonsensical if it means only that she might become a candidate in 2004 or later year, for some seat in Ga or elsewhere that might become open, etc.

[So might ANYBODY, why say anything?]

This note only becomes meaningful, if it means she is thinking of running as a write-in in THIS year's Senate race, the one between Max Cleland and Saxby Chambliss.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Didn't you know? It has been alleged that He cheated His way through, plagiarizing His dissertation from a man named Walter Marshall Horton. Some people have wondered why He did not lose His degree posthumously and was not relegated to the dust-bin containing academic thieves from throughout history (It calls into question, among other things, whether or not He wrote the "I have a dream" speech). All that said, it is better to err on the side of remembering a martyr's good points than dwelling on his possible shortcomings. Rest in Peace, Dr. King.

One aspect of doctorates: the weaker the degree, the likelier the recipient is to insist on being called "doctor." Also, the showier the academic garb associated with it. For instance, the highly coveted EdD and DMin degrees (heavy sarcasm) have aqua blue and scarlet as their colors, respectively, while the PhD has a more subdued royal blue. Funny thing, though - no matter how careful one tries to be in categorizing doctoral degrees - it turns out that there are both genuises and idiots, as well as a lot of ordinary people, representing each one.

Come to think of it, please disregard anything I've said in this post.