Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

The argument scholars Thomas Hollihan and Kevin Baaske explain in “Arguments and Arguing” that to engage in deliberative democracy, citizens must display the willingness, knowledge, civility, and ...

Whenever someone said to my father, “Let’s have a conversation,” he would reply, “No, let’s have an argument.” Today, that would sound aggressive, but it wasn’t at all. We need more people today who ...

From the political stage to Tiktok comments, I’ve seen an onslaught of misunderstanding as to how opinions work and what they are. Oxford Languages defines an opinion as “a view or judgment formed ...

In an era marked by polarization and rapid-fire opinion in sound bites, we would do well to remember a tradition that is the foundation of much of Western higher education: the practice of reasoned ...

As an educator, I work tirelessly with students on writing. Specifically in science, we work on evidence-based writing to formulate an argument. So it was with a piqued interest that I read the March ...

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The buzzy new publication devoted to “libbing out” reprises the mistakes of the longstanding alliance between neoliberalism and Beltway journalism. This week, a new media venture unveiled itself and ...

Whenever someone said to my father, “Let’s have a conversation,” he would reply, “No, let’s have an argument.” Today, that would sound aggressive, but it wasn’t at all. We need more people today who ...