Danny Reding

First, a disclaimer. I’m not advocating drinking any brandy. I hope you don’t feel misled. The question comes from something I read by Michael Novak who, in describing some rather difficult conversations in which he was engaged, said, “It takes several cases of brandy before you can understand someone well enough to disagree with them.” His point? It often takes many conversations before we truly understand one another, especially when the topics are difficult and controv