Beyond the Vote: A Question of Devotion

Election season is here again. Sigh. Between the seemingly endless challenges facing our world, it's easy to feel disillusioned. I've been reading through the ballot measures, trying to understand the issues and decide how to vote. And I keep coming back to the same question: Are we trying to solve problems that run much deeper than the solutions we're proposing? We debate who should pay, which policies should change, and who should be in charge. Then another election rolls around, and there...