Two-thirds of the nation’s African Americans say that Martin Luther King Jr.’s “dream” has been fulfilled, according to a CNN poll.

Here’s a schedule of inauguration events! This is especially important if you’re a prostitute or coke dealer.

Israel’s cease fire with Gaza is holding steady, thanks primarily to John Cougar Mellencamp’s performance yesterday at the Obama inauguration concert. What can I say? They love “Pink Houses.”

NYT: “In the last three months, at least 24 detainees have been declared improperly held by courts or a tribunal — or nearly 10 percent of the population at the detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where about 245 men remain.” Something tells me there’s more where that came from.

The black box from the US Airways plane that crashed in the Hudson has been recovered, and unsurprisingly the pilot was cool as a cucumber. Think he’ll adopt me?

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez says that Obama carries the same stench as Bush. Really? For me Bush kind of smelled like Axe Body Spray, while Obama has more of a whiff of Drakkar Noir.

Since the Obama team figured America wouldn’t be interested in gay Episcopalian minister Gene Robinson’s invocation at yesterday’s inaugural concert, HBO didn’t show it. BULLSHIT! Here’s what you missed.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kWWAnitUCw4%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)