Our Political Awakening Requires Ethics

I asked my student if she had voted.

“Nah,” she replied. “I don’t really care.”

I told her how important it was to participate in the democratic process.

“What does it matter,” she said. “My vote really doesn’t count.”

I couldn’t blame her. Although I had voted in college, I really couldn’t explain how I felt on any issue. I just voted Republican on my absentee ballot because my parents voted Republican. My journalism professor had given a quiz asking us to list who was in the…