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Dr. Lane (Smith �04) Scott�Consuming politics in the same way we root for our favorite sports teams is comfortable,� writes Dr. Lane (Smith �04) Scott in American Greatness, the political website for which she serves as an assistant editor. �We flatter ourselves that we are an informed, self-governing people because we keep track of politics with traditional media outlets. The past week has � or should have � removed this comfortable illusion.�

A scholar, a farmer, a writer, and a homeschooling mother of five, Dr. Scott takes to task fellow conservatives and Christians who grouse about last week�s election without taking stock of their own involvement in it, or lack thereof. �Real political action takes time and sacrifice. Self-rule � self-government � is much more difficult than spectator politics,� she contends. �We must show up at the polls � not just to vote, but also to work, observe, and oversee.�

Ultimately, Dr. Scott concludes, those who preach individual responsibility have little business pointing fingers over their political disappointments. �Shock and scandal at the impotence of our news channel, our political party is, in reality, disillusionment with ourselves,� she observes. �We are a self-governing people and we feel like we have no say in our government. Whose fault is that?�

The is available via American Greatness.