How much is my "fair share?"
I'm a softhearted guy. I'd like to solve all the problems of the world, but I'm pretty wrapped up in my comfortable suburban life; two kids heading off to college in the next couple years. I think that maybe once they're gone I'll get more involved in helping solve one of those big problems. I currently do not feel able to make a tangible big change in my life to devote my time and markedly attack these big problems. My extra time today goes to running the high school music department fund raiser and making sure I'm able to go to my kids' quiz bowl competitions. Lots of talk today in the news about Muslim extremists and terrorism. My basic belief about people is that they are good. Raised Catholic and largely agnostic, I know that I'm ignorant about many of world's religions. I relish opportunities to visit my friends from around the world and see the similarities of how they raise their families and how I have raised mine. Seeing little