Blind to the Suffering World

Poet T.S. Eliot writes:

We have seen the young man mutilated, The torn girl trembling by the millstream. And meanwhile we have gone on living ... We have ...

Brazilian Mayor Tries to Ban Death

Facing a capacity crowd in the town's only cemetery and other government-protected properties, Pereira da Silva, mayor of the Brazilian town of Biritiba-Mirim, ...

Insensitive to Needy People

On August 31, 2005, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regional director Marty Bahamonde emailed the FEMA director regarding the situation in ...

Photographer's Indifference Drove Him to Suicide

In 1994, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. The photograph that brought him fame depicted an emaciated ...

Man Donates Kidney but Ignores Family

Rob Smitty donated one of his kidneys to a stranger. It was a noble and generous sacrifice. While browsing the Internet, Smitty developed an interest ...

Asleep in Sin

Satan has got men fast asleep in sin, and that is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do, if he can do that.

The Benefits of a Broken Heart

If your own heart hasn't been broken, you tend to be insensitive, except to those people you like.

Forgetting the Emotions of Others

I'm not as prone to manipulate people's emotions as I am to forget them.

Not What You Say, but How

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.

Audience Insensitivity

To speak about global issues to inner-city people with their problems and never speak to their issues is to fail them.