I am certain that this exact sequence will take place at countless Thanksgiving tables across Alabama today.

After carving the turkey and passing the potatoes, the discussion will somehow turn to politics no matter how hard everyone tries to avoid it, and before you know it, family members from differing parties with opposing opinions will be arguing and yelling over the controversial issues of the day.

It is a symptom of the ultra-partisan times in which we live.

Most of us have had to hide or unfriend someone on Facebook because their political posts were too shrill or the comments they left were far too caustic, and many have fallen into the temptation of simply cutting all contact with anyone who disagrees politically with the beliefs they hold.

But long before this hyper-partisan

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