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True Turkey-Armenian Peace Will Come Through Real Apology
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution on March 5 publicly acknowledging and condemning Turkey’s Ottoman army for their role in the Armenian Genocide almost 100 years ago....
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The Only Apology Too Late is the Apology One Never Said
“I don’t care if it’s Tiger Woods, Bernie Madoff, or Toyota, if an apology comes late it’s going to be seen as phony,” Atlanta lawyer Jimmy Faircloth told the Los Angeles Times recently. Faircloth is...
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Politics, governing and leadership need to change in process, not just policy.
Am I the only one who is tired of political rhetoric? Am I the only one tired of turning on the TV and radio only to hear Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olberman, Bill O’Reilly, Randi Rhodes, Glenn Beck and...
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Ground Zero Mosque: Potential for a Win-Win Gets Lost in Rhetoric
Radio talk show host Michael Medved got it right when he urged President Obama to “welcome conversation to replace confrontation” in the debate about plans to build a mosque in lower Manhattan near...
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Mediator needed to change ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ dialogue
Candidate Obama was sharply criticized for not having a plan for the economy or for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He defended by saying that the President’s job is to listen to all positions...
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Your Patience (with the Arab World) Is a Virtue
The uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and elsewhere, are they similar to the uprising in the United States 250 years ago? Perhaps, but we did it when people penned letters to each other and...
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Somebody Please Put Mediators in Congress
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that, among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...
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Boston, Violence and Listening
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Stephen R. Covey We are once again in the wake of a tragedy. News outlets are filled with coverage, details are slowly emerging, and the cover of...
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Beloved Meryl Streep Missed a Huge Opportunity
As a mediator and leadership coach, I have to say this: While generally I don’t disagree with most of what Meryl Streep said during her acceptance speech for the Hollywood Foreign Press’s Lifetime...
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Holding the Middle Is Hard Work This Week
Holding the middle, especially this week, is hard work. The middle is not a compromise. It’s not a lack of opinion or feeling. It’s also not a passive place. It’s a very active role in holding...
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