"He returned to Jerusalem and convinced the Sanhedrin to pass a Good Samaritan Act that gave stipends to disadvantaged youth who might otherwise turn to crime along the Jerusalem-Jericho highway. The Act also funded a monument at the spot where the robbery victim had died."

 That's the type of "Good Samaritan" work we could expect in a Kerry administration. We could also expect educational initiatives that continue to trap inner-city kids in bad schools. We could expect nationalized health care proposals that would trap everyone in bureaucracy (ask the Brits!).

 I'm glad that John Kerry knows the Good Samaritan story in the Bible, but I wish he would visit Good Samaritan Health Services in Tulsa, Okla., and see how Christian volunteers are binding up the physical wounds of the poor while building relationships that lead to help with spiritual needs, as well.

 The Bush administration sometimes hits upon the wrong strategy, but one of its goals is to help Good Samaritan-style faith-based efforts. John Kerry, though, apparently walks only on the government side of the street.