Communication – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 26 Nov 2025 02:09:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Communication – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The “Persian Debater”: Simeon of Beth Arsham and the Contest for Orthodoxy beyond Rome https://brewminate.com/the-persian-debater-simeon-of-beth-arsham-and-the-contest-for-orthodoxy-beyond-rome/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:56:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266309 Simeon of Beth Arsham stands as a figure shaped by the intersecting pressures of theology, politics, and cross-border

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]]> Debate Rarely Changes Minds: Information, Identity, and the Quiet Work of Persuasion https://brewminate.com/debate-rarely-changes-minds-information-identity-and-the-quiet-work-of-persuasion/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:55:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266319 Public debate will always have a place in democratic life, but its structure makes it one of the

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]]> No Obligation to Engage: Boundaries, Digital Life, and the Politics of Expectation https://brewminate.com/no-obligation-to-engage-boundaries-digital-life-and-the-politics-of-expectation/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:54:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266330 The expectation to debate or justify oneself is especially harmful when the conversation involves misinformation or hostile rhetoric.

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]]> Stop and Think: Jumping to Responses before Thoughtful Consideration https://brewminate.com/stop-and-think-jumping-to-responses-before-thoughtful-consideration/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:04:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=247560 Reflection takes time. By Dr. Robert B. TalisseW. Alton Jones Professor of PhilosophyVanderbilt University Introduction When’s the last

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]]> How a Two Way Radio Enhances Safety and Coordination in Emergency Situations https://brewminate.com/how-a-two-way-radio-enhances-safety-and-coordination-in-emergency-situations/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:22:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265830 When responding to an emergency, clear communication is paramount. And in natural disasters, search-and-rescue operations, construction accidents or

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]]> Helping Teams Heal and Thrive After Challenges https://brewminate.com/helping-teams-heal-and-thrive-after-challenges/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:05:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264996 A crisis can strike any organization without warning. Whether it’s the sudden loss of a key team member,

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]]> Tongues as Weapons: Violent Rhetoric and Its Consequences in Ancient Rome https://brewminate.com/tongues-as-weapons-violent-rhetoric-and-its-consequences-in-ancient-rome/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:03:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263355 In Rome, words were never merely words. They were instruments of power, sharpened in the crucible of political

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]]> From Pulpit to Pyre: Violent Rhetoric and Its Consequences in the Middle Ages https://brewminate.com/from-pulpit-to-pyre-violent-rhetoric-and-its-consequences-in-the-middle-ages/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:02:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263366 The medieval experience warns of continuity. The same mechanisms (demonization, dehumanization, apocalyptic urgency) reappear in modern contexts of

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]]> Stop Feeding the Fantasy: Ignore Flat Earthers, Moon Hoaxers, and Ancient Alien Theorists https://brewminate.com/stop-feeding-the-fantasy-ignore-flat-earthers-moon-hoaxers-and-ancient-alien-theorists/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:02:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263149 When the argument is performative, when the frame is unfalsifiable, when attention is the prize rather than the

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]]> Social Media in the Medieval World: Networks of Influence, Information, and Identity https://brewminate.com/social-media-in-the-medieval-world-networks-of-influence-information-and-identity/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:11:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=257220 Medieval Europe possessed its own intricate webs of communication. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The term social

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