Let me tell you a story. Last year I listened to students tell of their involvement in community service. One student told me how he helped an elderly woman with her daily errands. But he recently stopped, when she had problems with her Social Security. Politics today has a bad reputation.
Some people believe the system is irrelevant.
Others believe it corrupts even the purest-hearted person. The bitter and divisive political climate means that even the best are subject to personal attack. People often tell me that 1968 marked the time when they disengaged from politics. When my father died, they say, so did their faith that the political system could be used for real good. It s so ironic.