Toward Civil Discourse

Melvin Sperlock of "Supersize Me" fame talked recently on national news about finding a middle ground between agreeing completely on everything and having an open war about our differences. He sees disagreement and constructive debate and the foundation of democracy while the extremes we often go to in public debate (or private denigration) often end in hatred and wishes to obliterate those with a different opinion from ours. Debate means listening as well as talking and finding areas of agreement and compromise. That is what built our country and can still be our salvation.