Commentary: Fed up with politics? Try having a conversation

There is every reason to hate our current state of politics. The people who shout the loudest, the people who name-call, the people who refuse to consider other views, they are the people who often get the most attention.These political tactics are not unique to the left or the right. Too often it seems that everyone has reverted back to a form of tribalism that halts the progress of society. Nothing gets done with this, “You are with us or you are against us,” mentality.I spent a fe