by Dana Kester-McCabe
It is pretty hard to absorb all the media coverage of politics in an election year without becoming extremely cynical. Sarcasm and sensationalism seem to be the guiding principles behind everything. Even the most respectable journalists seem more bent on covering the contests rather than the issues. Of course candidates and their supporters don’t help much. Their speeches are filled with rhetoric and word play; their advertising barely passes for truth; and supporting pundits scream their points all at the same time. If we are still paying attention by the end of the conventions, by the end of September avoiding the news at any cost seems like a good choice. All this makes it very hard to take a spiritual approach to our responsibility to be actively good citizens. But it is possible. We simply must ask ourselves:

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