A couple weeks ago, I attended a lecture at the University of Michigan
law school sponsored by Lord of Light Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor.
The speaker was Paul Simon, formerly a senator from Illinois. He
indicated that the word "idiot" comes from Latin words that mean
’someone who does not get involved in civic life’. He suggested
that we need less "idiots" in the U.S. today - as in people who
don’t get involved in any part of the political process. He
challenged people from every walk of life to find
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