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Talking politics in 2021: Lessons on humility and truth-seeking from Benjamin Franklin

  • Written by Mark Canada, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Indiana University
imageBenjamin Franklin learned over his lifetime how to be humble and open when he talked to and with people.Rozbike/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The previous year in the United States was a turbulent one, filled with political strife, protests over racism and a devastating pandemic. Underlying all three has been a pervasive political polarization, made worse by...

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