I find myself put off by overly aggressive appeals to get me to join a cause, and it doesn't really matter what that cause is. When people start pitching their cause by saying it's the most important cause that ever was or ever will be, I start to feel as if I am at a…
Debating Integrity
When I was a kid, which I must now confess was a few decades ago, We were taught things like debate, argumentation, and persuasive writing. Those things have gradually disappeared from schools in America, and the result is plain to see. Quite simply, we no longer know how to construct an argument and we no…
Craig Bergland 