"Justice entails a requirement to act when we become aware of injustice." –Dalai Lama

I know the world is full of injustice—yet it doesn’t make me want to get on a Greenpeace boat to save the whales or fight the tyrannical health insurance companies or bust innocent people out of jail. I defend my inaction by saying I don’t have time… and that there are too many flawed systems… oh, and I’m (alas) not a crime-fighting superhero. We all have to be selective about the battles we choose, but perhaps by doing so, we ..read more