sibling politics

ok, so as i was driving from h-burg to d-ville to teach, npr ran a story about a moderate sort of fellow who engaged his evangelical conservative sibling in recorded conversations...trying to find middle ground......and turned it into a book, and htis radio piece......i found it somewhat painful, given that i spend 6 out of the past 12 months not speaking to me conservative sibling after an argument over the phone......i am willing to go the rest of my useful life avoiding all discussion of critical matters if it means we can sit in the same room and eat at the same table from time to time......for my part, taking about the weather is common enough ground.......