http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19bono.html?em
I have long admired Bono not only for his (U2) music, but for his willingness to use his celebrity to help those less fortunate...I found his Op Ed piece provocative...
"But I read recently that Americans are taking up public service in greater numbers because they are short on money to give. And, following a successful bipartisan Senate vote, word is that Congress will restore the money that had been cut from the aid budget ? a refusal to abandon those who would pay such a high price for a crisis not of their making. In the roughest of times, people show who they are."
I have long admired Bono not only for his (U2) music, but for his willingness to use his celebrity to help those less fortunate...I found his Op Ed piece provocative...
"But I read recently that Americans are taking up public service in greater numbers because they are short on money to give. And, following a successful bipartisan Senate vote, word is that Congress will restore the money that had been cut from the aid budget ? a refusal to abandon those who would pay such a high price for a crisis not of their making. In the roughest of times, people show who they are."