I have noticed that occasionally two people argue when they are actually in agreement. They are expressing the same sentiment but using different words and phrases. The focus becomes a disagreement ...

I respect the right of others to disagree with me. My research as a scholar of rhetoric is anchored to the idea that argument is both a way of knowing and a productive tool for persuasion. As a ...

To the editor: In J. Chabot's comments upon my letter to Henry Soldat, she or he resorts to generalizations and personal attacks, rather than to strengthen her or his argument with facts. Throughout ...

What’s wrong with people today? If you’re in school and have a paper due, you scramble and scrape to get it done. Then the professor sends it back for a rewrite, right? The professor might include ...

After reading Solomon Stevens’ commentary, “Why arguments can be a constructive process” (Oct. 3), I would love to have found at least some small point among those words to argue with, but sadly I ...

In reply to Norm Baker's letter, "Change isn't new phenomenon," in the Public Forum March 31: The first thing that comes to mind is, where have you been for the last 35 years? You say, for example, ...