In Point Taken, a game invented by Steven Franconeri, a Northwestern psychology prof, people who disagree must find common ground.

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The problem isn’t only avoidance. Many conversations fail because participants focus on persuasion, treating arguments like ...

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Neal Katyal, an Indian-origin American lawyer, gained prominence after the US Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump's tariffs, emphasizing that tariff authority resides with Congress.

Two books offer refreshing arguments in favour of industrial innovations and appetising alternatives to meat — without the unpalatable moralising ...

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Zelensky rejects “historical s*it” in talks with Putin, defends Donbas as non-negotiable, addresses elections, NATO and threats to his life.

After outlining the errors he surveys in the church—“Most people today imagine the point of Christianity is ‘to go to heaven ...

Danielle Wiggins, a historian at Georgetown University, says Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns used rhetoric, tactics, and policy that would greatly benefit Democrats today.

The principal agreement of the Munich Security Conference is that a key American relationship is severely damaged.

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The spirited back-and-forth may explain why the tariffs case took months for the court to resolve, and it exposed rifts that could prove meaningful for Trump as well as future presidents.