Enemy Across The Isle - Or Friend - Or Both - Politics can be Ugly - But friendships can survive.

The Myth of the "Good Old Days"we’re told today that we’ve never been more divided. We look at the shouting matches on cable news the hate and the vitriol and think, "It was never like this before." But history tells a different story. The 1800s were brutal. We’re talking about a century that started with a duel between Hamilton and Burr and peaked with a literal Civil War.But tucked away in the corners of that violent history are stories that feel almost impossible today. Stories of men who spent their days trying to defeat each other's ideas, but the nights protecting each other's dignity. Today, we’re looking at the "Odd Couples" of the 19th century to see if they can teach us how to get past the hate."The 'better part of valor' isn't a relic of the 1800s. It’s a tool. It’s the discretion to know that the person you're arguing with on the House floor or across the dinner table is someone you're going to have to live with tomorrow.