Conversation, Character, and the Cost of Truth in a Fractured Public Square
Authentic conversation in the marketplace of ideas begins with a posture that is increasingly rare: humble attentiveness to facts and logic ordered toward moral truth. Conversation is not merely the exchange of words; nor is it the performance of openness. It requires a willingness to submit one’s claims—especially those bound tightly to identity, grievance, or power—to reality as it actually is…