Prof. JoAnn Koob at George Mason University [Antonin Scalia] School of Law told me about this project, which sounds very interesting, so I thought I'd pass it along. Here's the blurb from her: As the ...

Duke is equipping students to respect differing viewpoints in a variety of ways. This Duke Today series examines the decline in civil discourse and Duke’s efforts to improve campus dialogue. If the ...

There’s a story Kenan Institute instructor John Rose relays to his class on civil discourse at the start of every semester. It’s from a speech by the Democratic strategist/CNN pundit Van Jones. “Jones ...

Civil discourse is preferable to the alternatives of coerced silence and violence. Coerced silence means that one side has exercised power to end conversation—to say, in effect, there is no point in ...

The National Institute for Civil Discourse awarded its first two academic research projects to University of Arizona faculty members. The Institute, 57 E. Jackson St., was founded at the UA in ...

The Conversation Across the Aisle project seeks to bring together people with different views for a meal. The goal: civil discourse.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The National Institute for Civil Discourse awarded its first two academic research projects to University of Arizona faculty. The Institute, 57 E. Jackson, was founded at the UA in response to the Jan ...

Jed Atkins is a professor of classical studies at Duke, and director of Duke's Civil Discourse Project. He'll now be the director and dean of the school of Civic Life and Leadership. The leader of UNC ...

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth discussed which side "won" the 2025 government shutdown, Democrats' strategy of immediately pivoting back to ...

Like the rest of America, Duke is starved of common ground. At first glance, Duke appears to be a university deeply committed to civility, bridging divides and fostering meaningful dialogue across ...