The Rantings of the Insane
Election season is nearing the finishing line here in the US. Thanks be to God. We are less than two weeks away from the election. I do have a degree in political science, so I do keep an eye on such things. In my younger, more idealistic days, I found civic discourse and the pursuance thereof to be noble public virtue. As I have gotten older and more well read, I still follow politics closely. I have ever more increasingly come to believe in my political philosophy that I have held for many years: salvation cometh not from politicians . I live in a state that has traditionally been what some refer to as a "deep red" state. In American parlance, that generally means more conservative and Republican. More liberal Democrat lead states are referred to a "deep blue." I have never quite been able to track down exactly why American media moved to referring to conservatives as reds and liberals as blues. It was not always that way. If you go back and look at election nigh...