He is th e most rational individual available, Rig. And your gut instinct of revulsion about the Faith-Based Etcetera is, I think, misplaced. Look into it a bit more closely. The existing organization is very careful (at least in words) to make their support available to "people of any faith, or none" who are doing social good works of some kind. Obama has made it clear that if he keeps the office, it would have to be carefullly vetted not to be biased toward any single patho r group.

If it were called "the Office of Charitable NGO Liaison" would you have a problem with it? In other words, is your reaction against the substance or the label?


A