By Will Bunch
Publication Date: 2026-05-26 16:18:00
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said many memorable things, but none so profound as this: “I have decided to stick with love,” he said. “Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
I wonder what MLK would have thought about the final broadcast of Late Night with Stephen Colbert on CBS. With every right to be filled with rage over his ouster by the network’s new Donald Trump-kowtowing owners, Colbert’s last shows were filled instead with gentle humor and goodbye hugs, as his staffers joyously bounced onto the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater for a moving rendition of “Hello, Goodbye” by Paul McCartney and an all-star band.
Trump later posted an AI video that fantasized about tossing Colbert in a trash dumpster. One of these men will probably live to be 100, while the other bears the burden of hate.
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