Dear Editor: Shared Interests Far Out Pace the Things That Divide Us

Dear Editor,

The news keeps telling us how divided we are, but I don't believe that - I think shared interests far outpace the things that divide us.

Music is one of them.

The Montana Chamber Music concert on Saturday drew a packed house that was as politically diverse as possible, with everyone supporting and enjoying the event. Whenever help was needed - to carry a wheelchair over the stairs to the porch, to find a music stand, to help pack up chairs after the concert, haul furniture back into place - it was provided willingly without hesitation by whomever was most able to do it and, serend...