Day: January 13, 2006

There is a terrific essay in the 26 December 2005 issue of Time about how 2005 was the end of the free pass for President Bush and other public figures by Andrew Sullivan who’s blog is the Daily Dish.  My favorite quote:Katrina was the turning point, the moment when the extent of cronyism, incompetence and…

Pity sees suffering and wants to ease the pain; passion sees injustice and wants to settle the score.  Pity implores the powerful to pay attention; passion warns them about what will happen if they don’t.  The risk of pity is that it kills with kindness; the promise of passion is that it builds on the…