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Discussion Group Seeks More Light, Less Heat

  • NPR reporter John Burnett records as Braver Angel participants, from left, Betsy Harwood, Randy Albers, Jim Ayers and Chuck Mazac express their views. The workshop was held Feb. 17 at Randolph Recreation Center in La Grange.
    NPR reporter John Burnett records as Braver Angel participants, from left, Betsy Harwood, Randy Albers, Jim Ayers and Chuck Mazac express their views. The workshop was held Feb. 17 at Randolph Recreation Center in La Grange.
It was almost like a hockey game where a fight didn’t break out. Talking politics can be contentious these days, particularly when half the group is liberal and the other half conservative. But two dozen local citizens took that chance last week at another “Red-Blue Workshop” sponsored by Braver Angels. And even though no fights broke out, they still attracted national attention – of a sort. …

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