I flipped on the 2024 presidential debate last night on the way to pick up my son from baseball. I found myself immediately anxious. I was anxious as I waited for the next demeaning comment and attack.

I might sound idealistic, but can we get back to decency in dialogue? Here's how.

Conflict is all around us. With every passing day, conversations around divisive topics seem to be more toxic and less productive. The latest, tragic school shooting has brought the issue of gun control, gun rights, and gun safety into the forefront. But it’s not just this issue that brings out conflict and ultimately the worst in people. Pick any topic and you’ll see corrosive discourse happening daily. And it’s not just in the anonymous annals of social media. People seem more and more comfortable ripping “the other side” out in the open in the analog world.

But there could be a better way.