The Hatfields. And the McCoys.

When it comes to politics, I think we've lost the art of give and take. Yes, compromise. Reaching the kind of accord in which both sides get something. Not everything. Too many politicians want it all. They want clear cut winners and losers. It's as if there's a right way and a wrong way to run things. Black and white. That's why we are in big trouble in the USA. We shift back and forth. From one extreme to another. We think of our opponent as the enemy. Sort of a war mentality. Kill or be killed. I wasn't taught that at Sunday school. I was supposed to at the very least respect my so-called enemy. Even to love him. But that apparently doesn't apply in the realm of politics. There is a lack of objectivity. A lack of innate fairness. Your party is all right. The other party is all wrong. It's a divide. The Hatfields. And the McCoys. --Jim Broede