As you might surmise from these several postlets, I finished the thing I was writing. It was a commissioned piece for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative booklet put out by the state of Hawaii. I retain copyright, so I can publish it here without difficulty, but I think I'll wait till MLK Day.
This year the theme of the King commemoration is the 1965 Voting Rights Act, an especially poignant topic this year. It was an interesting exercise to tone down my own political opinions for the venue, stay relatively general and non-partisan, yet still make the basic points that were important to me.