This is an excellent article. It occurs to me that it would be good if someone put up a web site where pairs of people could publicly or privately practice the sorts of respectful interviewing and dialogue that he is advocating.<p>Let me add that I have found the active listening skill of just saying back to the other person what they said is very useful here.  I have run workshops where people did this and it is remarkable what a difference it makes. I also like Marshall Rosenberg&#x27;s book Nonviolent Communication.<p>I think part of the problem is that people don&#x27;t realize there is a more productive way of going about things, and in addition there certainly are many parties today that profit from having people screaming at each other.