Imagine that a survey had been taken annually since the inception of the nation, in which 1000 randomly chosen Americans were asked if they agreed or disagreed with Melville’s statement here. I’m guessing that a large majority would have agreed …
Tag: indifference to others’ suffering
Leaving the Planet a Better Place
Though the question posed here is obviously rhetorical, let me take a stab: the Vietnam era. Before that time, there was great unanimity among Americans that government existed, at least in part, to take care of those least able to …
Kindness
The Dalai Lama says, “My religion is kindness.” It’s easy to forget that people who are treated kindly tend to treat others in a similar fashion, and that the way we treat others has an effect that ripples through hundreds …
