Help Me Hera: How do I repair my relationship with a politically aggressive cousin?

This gave me a chuckle:

• I don’t know how psychologically enlightened this is, but it serves you right for writing into a New Zealand advice columnist.

 

Followed by the advice:

• Go away to a cabin together and take a lot of mood enhancing drugs. Have a nine-hour conversation that brings you both to a plane of new understanding.