Las Vegas Review-Journal: Leaders Must Step up to Emphasize Value of Civil Debate

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Leaders must step up to emphasize value of civil debate

"One of the great challenges of our day is helping people learn how to disagree agreeably. The erosion of this ideal has been going on for decades."

American Opinion: Leaders must step up to emphasize value of civil debate

From the editorial, "Leaders (have) power that shape the organizations that shape society. ... Re-establishing civil discourse requires them to unify around this vision and act decisively ..."

Leaders must step up to emphasize value of civil debate

History often appears inevitable. Of course, the colonies won the American Revolution. Of course, slavery was abolished. Of course, the Berlin Wall came down. But those achievements never could have happened without leaders taking action. George Washington was the “indispensable man” of the American Revolution, as historian James Flexner dubbed him. William Wilberforce’s campaign to end slavery, an ancient and universal — yet evil — institution,…