Talking Politics Without the Screeching and the Insults

If you think you’re in the right, then the purpose should be to win hearts and minds to your cause.
Talking Politics Without the Screeching and the Insults
We might disagree with someone instantly, but what value does our judgment hold if we don't entertain the idea we're wrong? fizkes/Shutterstock
Jeff Minick
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“Never discuss politics or religion at the dinner table,” runs the old maxim. Unfortunately, as another old adage reminds us, “That horse has already left the barn.”

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.