Ah, politics. It dominates the headlines. It makes us want to pull our hair out. It epitomizes the term futility . It reveals the good in men, but also divulges their basest instincts. It brings us together in ways that few other things can, and yet, it tears us apart. Those united by blood, faith, nationality, and ethnicity find themselves at each others' throats when it comes to politics. More money is spent and blood spilt over politics than nearly anything else in this world. People love money. They love power. They want to control other people. These are inescapable realities of human nature. The more things change, the more they stay the same. At the end of election season (is there an end?) it's easy to find yourself wondering what use there is in participating in the political process at all. We're told that we have to vote. We have to voice our opinions. We have to [fill in ...