The older I get, the less respect I feel for "religion". Much of that disrespect is in how it is being used and abused, from faux "religious" candidates to genuine nutjobs, from arrogant county clerks who abuse their own citizenry to fanatical warriors who destroy antiquities and murder innocents. The infection of the current campaign with "religious" rhetoric is sickening. How can religion maintain any respectability in this environment? Especially when rooted in such questionable soil (yes, that especially includes Christianity).

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich