Lesson 4: Never allow political disagreements to get personal. In Madison’s day, it was taken for granted that gentlemen did not cast personal aspersions against their adversaries. This rule was not universally observed, of course; […]
Lesson 2: Find creative ways to encourage both sides of every argument. Throughout his life, Madison retained great faith in the power of the free press to remedy the evils arising from “fake news,” as […]
There has never been a time when our nation wasn’t divided by partisanship. Yet some eras are more divisive than others, and few of us would deny that we’re living through an especially polarized time. […]
The year 2020 has undoubtedly been a tough year for everyone, and it has been worse for some more so than others. The coronavirus pandemic has been central to the woes of most Americans, starting […]
Few men can say their lives were more “complicated” when it comes to abortion than me. My sister, Susan Hill, was a prominent abortion rights activist from the moment Roe vs. Wade was decided in 1973. She founded the National Women’s Health Organization which operated […]
On January 17, 1984, former Governor and then-Duke President Terry Sanford gave his Duke students a life lesson about their behavior during basketball games that should resonate today for all of us on both sides […]
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