Random Thoughts and Links on a Monday

At some point I gave up trying to work out questions surrounding my faith. I decided that, for interactions with my fellow humans, I needed only justify my actions according to some reasonable social contract e.g. treat others as I would like to be treated. Faith, I had finally decided, starts and ends outside the narrow realm of logic. I find it amazing, though that the person whose views most mirror mine is a homeless man.

I've also decided to try to avoid politics. The media inevitably distorts, either through ignorance, political inclination, or a practical need for brevity. And so I doubt that my opinions, based on what I learn from distorted reporting, could be the basis for solutions to problems that must be extremely complex. The one opinion I do hold is that there is no threat to a democracy greater than election fraud. I was disturbed to read this. I have no idea who maintains the blog, and he clearly has a liberal bent, but if what he has to say is true, I would feel better knowing that this guy Esser isn't counting the votes in November.