Politics

Politics must address the gray. It is rare that politics should be black or white, because there are almost always two or more views which require balancing.

Politics must also be fuzzy. While the world is constantly changing, our policies often must change to accommodate our current reality.

Even as policies change, our principles should change only rarely. For example, if our principle is that voters should be aware of ballot issues before they vote, how and when to inform the voters would be a policy. Two hundred years ago it might have been necessary to send messengers a few weeks before the election date to inform the People. With multiple methods for immediate information distribution (e.g. fax, phone, email), such a policy today would fail to recognize our current abilities and options. Similarly, a policy which insisted that we spend no more than $100 to inform voters would fail to appreciate how costs have changed as our population grew. Despite the numerous changes in our country over 200 years which may have lead to updates in policies enacting the principle, there was no need to change the principle itself (which requires informing the public before an election).