Disrupting the Presidential Debates Chris Gates and Mark Gerzon, opinion contributors Before Vice President Biden and President Trump face each other for their first presidential debate on Sept. 29, we think it is essential to reimagine these televised encounters to make them more compelling, fair and relevant. Both of us have spent our careers facilitating
President’s Annual Letter January 2018 “I’m homeless,” wrote conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks recently. “I’m politically homeless.” Congratulations, David — welcome to the movement of which Mediators Foundation is a vital part. We have a new way of calling a taxi (it’s called Uber or Lyft), a new way of doing our homework or other
If you take the medicine prescribed by your doctor and your condition only worsens, you know you need a new prescription — and perhaps a different doctor and diagnosis as well. The same is true when democracy gets sick. I should know: my colleagues and I are part of a field called by different names
“Make no mistake: We are a country under attack.” -John Kelly, Homeland Security Secretary “The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. It’s easy. Just tell them they are under attack.” -Hermann Goering, Minister of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler If the Department of Homeland Security is defending the
It’s not just young revolutionary Bernie Sanders supporters or angry-as-hell Donald Trump fans who want to “change the system.” It’s also the President of the United States of America. The future we want “will only happen if we fix our politics,” said President Barack Obama in his 2016 State of the Union address. “If we