The price we pay for civilization
James Carroll in the Globe: "We may dislike the tax bite, but we loathe the destruction of civic pillars and the deliberate unraveling of safety nets. Citizens long for leaders who will remind us that...
View ArticleBackstage drama at Wikipedia DE
This is a fascinating case study of an in depth online dispute involving a very tech savvy and high profile team.Mathieu von Rohr in Speigel Online: "It started one night when Sojka modified the first...
View ArticleAddicted to conflict
"There's plenty of evidence to support that we don't need to fight... it's almost like we're addicted to the fight... the media is very conflict driven... that's where the story is, that's where the...
View ArticleFace for Radio
Check out my latest eBay adventure... filling in for Griff as the host of eBay Radio:http://www.ebroadcaststudios.com/jun8,2010.htmlPretty rough, but it's my first time out of the box. Try two this...
View ArticleODR and Consumers 2010
Sporadic updates on this blog as of late, but that's due to some exciting developments in other places...Check out the cooperative blog on the UNCITRAL ODR proposal that's kicked off at:...
View ArticleDispute Resolution iPhone App
Mike Sherry in the Kansas City Business Journal, "In a marital spat? There’s an app for that...""In a knock-down-drag-out fight with your significant other, you might be inclined to hurl a smartphone...
View ArticleAbusive Customers
Jamie Smarr on the NYT City Room blog:"Let’s face it, folks. The customer is not always right. In fact, some are just plain old abusive, cheap and crass. I say this not as a salesman but as a...
View ArticleThey've got to want it
Friedman in the NYT today: "Why do we have to recruit and train our allies, the Afghan Army, to fight? That is like someone coming to you with a plan to recruit and train Brazilian boys to play...
View Articlecyberbullying
Jan Hoffman in the NYT today:"The seventh-grade guidance counselor says she can spend up to three-fourths of her time mediating conflicts that began online or through text messages.In April, the burden...
View ArticleTwo Presentations
Video of two recent presentations of mine are now on the web, just in case you might not have been able to catch them in person.Here's a talk I did last week on New Media and Peacemaking at the United...
View ArticleA strange aversion to confrontational politics
John Judis in The New Republic: "Why has the White House failed to convince the public that it is fighting effectively on its behalf? The principal culprit is clearly Barack Obama. He has a strange...
View ArticleHe still hasn't walked on water
Eugene Robinson's piece in the Washington Post today (plus Todd Purdum's recent VF piece) got me thinking. Is it impossible for any modern President to be seen as successful? Is the ire-generation...
View ArticleObama on covert manipulation of public opinion
"They don't want you to know which interests are paying for the ads. The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are those with something to...
View ArticleA nation of know-nothings
Tim Egan on the NYT website: "It would be nice to dismiss the stupid things that Americans believe as harmless, the price of having such a large, messy democracy... At its worst extreme, a culture of...
View ArticleNot a mythological character
Tina Dupuy: "The fact is: Obama is a good president. He’s a centrist who is somewhere between what mouth-foamers on either extreme say about him. He does listen to all viewpoints, which makes people of...
View ArticleBuilding a Global ODR System for Consumer Disputes
The ODR and Consumers 2010 Forum was held in Vancouver on November 2 and 3, 2010. The Forum (ODRAC) was convened in response to recent proposals advanced by delegations to the United Nations (UNCITRAL)...
View ArticleThe 2011 ODR Working Group Meeting - Chennai, India February 7-9
Chennai, India will serve as the host city for the 10th Annual International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution February 7-9, 2011.This conference will bring together the world's leading practitioners,...
View ArticleUNCITRAL ODR Working Group Meeting In Progress
The first meeting of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group kicked off today at the UN Center in Vienna. The full agenda for the 5 day meeting is here, and the Secretariat Note is available here. From the...
View ArticleTechnology and Divorce Mediation
I met with my good friend John Ford last week for lunch, and he introduced me to his business partner David Stein. The two of them have set up a new dispute resolution service provider focused on...
View ArticleNovojustice
Just a quick note to say I've started a new blog as preparation for a book I'm doing for the ABA in 2012 -- so most of my blogging energy has shifted over there. Please come by and check it...
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