This is a test for the blogs
Remembering 9/11: A day of remembrance, memorial and celebration of our country's abiding spirit, a day when we can all come together, Democrat, Republican, Tea Partier, Straight, Gay. Transgender, Christian, Muslim, Jew, and Atheist. A day when there is no "other" or "enemy" or good or evil and the rest of our seemingly irreconcilable differences. A day to celebrate no difference and to honor and memorialize those who lost their lives.
Take a Republican - or a Democrat - out to lunch next week. Talk about your differences. Find out why and how they feel about what really matters to them. Stay away from talking points; it's not a debate, or right or wrong, and you're not trying to persuade or convert each other. Listen more, talk less.