"Can we all get along?" – Rodney King On the third day of the 1992 L.A. riots, Rodney King (the young man whose beating by LAPD officers had sparked the uprising) made an emotional plea for peace. At the time, some critics mocked his words as naive and immature. But when I heard him on my TV, it went straight from Rodney's heart to my heart. Why it struck me so intensely was a bit of a mystery. Something I still think about. I'm about to turn 89 years old on December 5th, mar