Bush's silence

Today, one-sixth of the world’s 6 billion people exist on $1 a day -- less than a Starbucks cup of coffee; more than 800 million people in the developing world are malnourished; and more than 5 million children under the age of 5 die unnecessarily each year from hunger-related causes. It’s a daily tsunami.

In his calls to end tyranny and to promote freedom, the president makes no mention -- none -- of the world’s poor.

(from an editorial in the current issue of National Catholic Reporter)