Depressing Politics
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition) defines politics as:
The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
However, politics has long stopped being the art or science of government or governing and all that. Today, it is just about vested interests and selfish ends. I found a quote by Ambrose Bierce on politics, and couldn’t agree more with his definition:
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Reading news articles on politics these days depresses me no end.
