Politicians kowtow to pressure groups, wealthy patrons, and lobbyists when they try to protect the high and mighty on the backs of the least among us. Would that they would give such deferential reverence to the words of Isaiah, Mary of Nazareth and Jesus:

Trust in the LORD forever!

For the LORD is an eternal Rock.

He humbles those in high places,

and the lofty city he brings down;

He tumbles it to the ground,

levels it with the dust.

It is trampled underfoot by the needy,

by the footsteps of the poor. (Isaiah) Continue reading →