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Spencer Cox, the new chairman of the National Governors Association, is promoting the idea of “healthy conflict.” The Utah governor has become concerned about the growing problem of toxic arguments

Spencer Cox, chairman of the National Governors Association, advocates for "healthy conflict" in addressing toxic arguments and personal attacks that hinder productive disagreements, emphasizing the need to focus on substantive issues rather than resorting to ad hominem attacks to promote understanding and unity in a divided society.

We need to learn how to explore the why rather than the who.

DeSantis is attacking businesses in Florida for one reason: they disagree with his opinions about social policy. This is not the action of a conservative.

An author writing for InsideSources argues that the governor does not believe in small government or tolerance, among other attributes generally assigned to true conservatives.

Right-wing politicians are on the warpath. They want to banish everything that is, as they call it, "woke."

From the commentary: . The cry to “stop woke” is nothing more than a cry to others who are confused to circle the wagons and prepare to defend whatever they happen to cherish against whatever they fear.

Many regimes transform quietly, almost imperceptibly. The institutions that we know are still all around us. Life doesn’t seem that different when we go to the store to buy groceries. But nothing is really the same.

I wouldn’t even identify kindness as the most important thing in the world. I think justice is more important. And I would place wisdom above kindness. But kindness matters, and sometimes we need it more than anything.

As parents, our first instinct is to do everything we can to shield our children from the world around us. And that is a good instinct. But at the same time, it comes with a cost.