Polarized? Conversations Worth Having

Regardless of where we may stand on someone’s spectrum of identify politics, many of us are both disturbed and sickened by today’s public discourse.

Social media, TV talking heads, and once-respected media outlets have devolved into steaming caldrons of vitriol. The incivility is on display even (especially?) in the once-hallowed halls of Congress.

Whatever happened to respect in our private and public interactions? Where and when did we lose the willingness to exercise compassion toward some...