If we trust God's guidance through our spiritual father and take our spiritual life seriously, seeking the Kingdom of Heaven, all our needs will be met, our life will be enriched, and we can even have some fun in the process. I did want to add a note to your article on hate crimes. The way that the data you used is gathered is very subjective. In other words, if a white man kills a black man because the black man did something bad to the white man, it is defined as a hate crime. Until we all become telepathic, we can't say whether or not something is a hate crime.
Murder is murder, irrespective of a person's race.
Just because someone kills someone of another race for racial reasons shouldn't make the crime any worse. Murder is murder, period. We should judge only the crime, not the motivation. God knows their motivation, let Him condemn them if need be. Thanks for the update, Joel.