This is what kept me from sleeping last night.

"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

"Kennedy felt like America had to show that we are not exploiting the world around us. Choose democracy and capitalism, not communism. So USAID is the antidote to the perception of the ugly American, the generous American who shows up with humanitarian aid and makes your life materially better."