Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

June 03, 2008

How Volunteerism Became Un-American

My latest over at Pajamas:

It would be interesting to know how much this lack of enthusiasm for volunteerism can be attributed to the increasing insularity of individuals from society. Most of us no longer spend our leisure time on our front porches chatting with neighbors or at community functions, but indoors in front of the television, video game console, or the Internet. In addition, as our society becomes increasingly transient, it’s probably hard for individuals to get excited about putting time and effort into an organization that they may end up leaving in just a few years’ time.

Read it all, and be sure to scroll down to the comments section for some other interesting perspectives.