When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice
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It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled read more
It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate read more
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of read more
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run
Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.
Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.
And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody read more
And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody was amazed. Because what is going on that a senator doesn't act according to script, acts according to conscience, and everybody is taken aback?
Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks read more
Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.
Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the read more
Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the priorities of the American people. It sounds simple, but it’s not happening today, and I know you’re as frustrated with Washington as I am
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the read more
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.
