It has been very hard to keep up with the politics and general status quo these days. There is so much fear and hate... and yes anger. I know some wonderful Christians, Jews, Muslims, Catholics and people of most faiths but there are those that want to speak for the masses of Christians or Jews or Muslims or what have you - and they are often times loud - and I hear a message of hate and fear from them. Sometimes those voices are more moderate but like the proverbial squeaky wheel, it is the ones that are loudest that seem to get the most attention. Those are the ones that might cater to our base instincts, our fears, prejudices and dissonance. I wonder, where has moderation gone? What has happened to create a loss of intelligent, civil discourse and moderation.