Last week an important Christian philosopher took the nations of the European Union to task for failing to contribute .7% of their national incomes to the Third World. Scandinavians are holding up their end, but other countries have complained that the burden is too great to bear. This Irish philosopher, described as a "committed Christian," accuses the Europeans of "renegotiating your deal with God downward." Of course no one listens to real philosophers today, and the complaint was actually made by the over-the-hill rockstar-turned-conscience-of-Europe known as Bono. He could, of course, arrange another Liveaid concert, but celebrity fund-raisers give the...