Let it not be said that this column ignored the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I have a dream" speech. About 200,000 people assembled at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to hear King and other civil rights leaders on Aug. 28, 1963. If you have Real Player, you can listen to King's speech in full on the History Channel Web site. The speech lasted only 16 minutes, but it will resonate for as long as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

The Associated press reported that Chris Rock, host of the 20th MTV Video Music Awards, didn't forget about it. "Isn't it nice to see that his dream has finally come true?" he wisecracked, after the rapper 50 Cent put in a performance of "P.I.M.P.," along with Snoop Dogg, the ubiquitous former pimp Bishop Don Magic Juan, members of his G-Unit posse — and a bevy of half-naked women.