Actually Oddly Enough, I Think My Work,

When You Truly Accept That Those Children In Some Far Off Place In The Global Village Have The Same Value As You In God's Eyes Or Even In Just Your Eyes, Then Your Life Is Forever Changed; You See Something That You Can't Un-see.

The Great Moments Of Rock 'n' Roll Were Never Off In Some Corner Of The Music World, In A Self-constructed Ghetto.

You See, Africa Makes A Fool Of Our Idea Of Justice. It Makes A Farce Of Our Idea Of Equality. It Mocks Our Pieties. It Doubts Our Concern. It Questions Our Commitment. Because There Is No Way We Can Look At What's Happening In Africa, And If We're Honest, Conclude That It Would Ever Be Allowed To Happen Anywhere Else.

I Put Catholic Guilt To Work Pretty Good For A Rich Rock Star.

Sadly, I Do My Homework. I've A Soft Spot For The Boring Minutiae. I Read The Charter Of The United Nations Before Meeting With Kofi Annan. I Read The Meltzer Report, And Then I'll Read C. Fred Bergsten's Defense Of Institutions Like The World Bank And The I.m.f. It's Embarrassing To Admit.