Tim Burke’s latest post, “Values Before Risk Assessment,” is essential reading. Yes, it includes words like “habitus” and “neoliberal,” but you can suss out the meanings by context. The core argument ...

A healthy relationship can certainly accommodate differing views on money, politics, and even gender. Let’s remember that we are not partnering up with someone to be with another version of ourselves!

Relationships become stronger, more enduring, and closer through conflict resolution. Conflict cannot be resolved if anyone feels criticized, blamed, devalued, shamed, or humiliated. Plan on frequent ...

Conflicts arise from "a clash of perceptions, goals and values in an arena where people care about outcomes," according to Tony Alessandra, Ph.D., and Phil Hunsaker, Ph.D. Conflicts in contemporary ...

As a public service, I offer a “short course” version of a class I teach called “Communication and Conflict.” Our textbook is “Communication, Conflict, and the Management of Difference.” Authors ...

This article explores the idea of value pluralism, the problems it poses for public administration, and how an examination of legal reasoning, as a form of practical reasoning, might help public ...

I’ve never been one to take strong stances on political issues. If there are arguments to be made on either side of a contentious topic, I’m usually able to empathize enough with both viewpoints so as ...