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