I Feel It's Part Of

Civil And Political Rights Are Critical, But Not Often The Real Problem For The Destitute Sick. My Patients In Haiti Can Now Vote But They Can't Get Medical Care Or Clean Water.

In Fact, It Seems To Me That Making Strategic Alliances Across National Borders In Order To Treat Hiv Among The World's Poor Is One Of The Last Great Hopes Of Solidarity Across A Widening Divide.

I Think, Sometimes, That I'm Going Nuts, And That Perhaps There Is Something Good About Blocking Clean Water For Those Who Have None, Making Sure That Illiterate Children Remain So, And Preventing The Resuscitation Of The Public Health Sector In The Country Most In Need Of It. Lunacy Is What It Is.

But As For Activism, My Parents Did What They Could, Given The Constraints, But Were Never Involved In The Causes I Think Of When I Think Of Activists.

The World Is Full Of Miserable Places. One Way Of Living Comfortably Is Not To Think About Them Or, When You Do, To Send Money