The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.