Eleanor Roosevelt once famously said that "poor minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas."

Integral minds, we might add, discuss all three.

In Integral Life's Daily Evolver series, host Jeff Salzman explores some of the greatest and most pressing news stories of our time, lending some much-needed perspective to the people, events, and ideas that shape the world around us. The Daily Evolver uses the Integral lens to help make sense of the complexity, anxiety, and turbulence that surrounds our lives, offering a regular touch point for one of the most important practices of all: the practice of staying informed.

This week's Daily Evolver looks at the recent election year ruckus concerning the Obama's administration attempt to get religious-affiliated hospitals and university health centers to pay for contraception. Although the question of whether women should have access to contraception was settled long ago and supported by the majority of women in the United States (including Catholics), the media war continues as both sides seek to define the issue of contraception as an advantage for them in an election year. The question remains whether Republican men are out of touch with the female electorate concerning this issue, and how that might affect Republican chances to unseat President Obama in the general election. What is being worked out in this discussion as it relates to our ongoing cultural evolution?

The Daily Evolver: Body Politics - Contraception and the Separation of Church and State