Sometimes I write for other outlets than this blog.  For my thoughts on the recent partial government shut-down, see:

http://the12.squarespace.com/jessica-bratt/2013/10/7/you-told-us-it-mattered.html

It is probably important to note, as I did on facebook, that this article is directed at a specific demographic of Reformed?Kuyperian academics & those of us blessed enough to have been trained in their churches and institutions of higher learning.  It's likely that if you are not familiar with that school of thought, the frustration I evidence here will make very little sense to you.