If We Can Laugh Together, Maybe We Can Last Together
Bridging Divides, Comedy, Politics Pedro Silva Bridging Divides, Comedy, Politics Pedro Silva

If We Can Laugh Together, Maybe We Can Last Together

I need a reasonably decent sense of humor to do the work I do, bringing people together across differences and helping people discover their capacities to affect positive transformation in their communities. I have to see the comedy in everything even if not all of it can be turned into a joke. That is because laughter is the most effective natural tension reliever there is. And without it, I am sure that we would not have made any of the social progress that we’ve had up to this point.

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Don’t Cancel the Debates – Fix Them.
Bipartisanship, American Politics Chris Gates and Mark Gerzon Bipartisanship, American Politics Chris Gates and Mark Gerzon

Don’t Cancel the Debates – Fix Them.

As a nation, we are all recovering from the disaster that was the first presidential ‘debate.’ Despite his best effort, moderator Chris Wallace was steamrolled by waves of insults, acrimony, and incomprehensible cross-talk. Now Facebook is filled with people calling on future debates to be canceled. We think the answer is to fix the debates, not to cancel them.

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