Listening and Civility

by | Aug 21, 2024 | Civility

Wendy Doyle at The Kansas Reflector: In my experience, I have learned how to be more effective through a very powerful, yet sometimes forgotten, conversational tool: Listening.   Listening isn’t passive, it is active. By intently listening, you open, not close,...

Civility and Children of God

by | Aug 19, 2024 | Civility, Religion

Colbert King at WP: My thoughts return to the theme of Washington National Cathedral’s forum, “With Malice Toward None, With Charity for All: Reclaiming Civility in American Politics.” How does the nation spend the next three months until Election Day?   At the...

Equal Access

by | Aug 18, 2024 | Free Speech, Higher Education, Middle East

Alyssa Lukpat at at WSJ: A federal judge ruled the University of California, Los Angeles, must ensure equal access to campus for Jewish students after some alleged in a lawsuit they were blocked by protesters at this spring’s pro-Palestinian encampments. U.S. District...

A Thought from David Hume Kennerly

by | Aug 17, 2024 | Military

Definitely “much better” to be a rich megadonor than a military hero killed in action. @BillKristol @gtconway3d @GenMhayden @glennkirschner2 @NormOrnstein @JoeNBC @MarkHamill @cindymccain @Liz_Cheney @RubenGallego @mikebarnicle @kasie @hwinkler4real...