Why do voters want leaders who are adaptable, but detest those who don't stick to their guns? Social science research indicates voters want compromise but only when the other side is caving in. Here's ...

Relationships are precarious, man-on-a-wire exercise in push/pull dynamics. You have to compromise to be in a relationship. You cannot be in a relationship strictly on your own terms, it takes two to ...

Ukraine’s president has floated a possible compromise to a key Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in eastern Ukraine.

When did the word “compromise” get compromised? When did the negative connotations of “He was caught in a compromising position” or “She compromised her ethics” replace the positive connotations of ...

Source: Stock photo ID:498786229 Upload date:June 23, 2014 The United States of America almost did not happen. In 1787, as our country's "founders" debated for months over what the US should be, it ...

Professor, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University At a time when political division is heightened and the parties in Washington are deeply polarized, it is worth asking whether there ...

Geoff Nunberg, the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, is the author of the book The Years of Talking Dangerously. Sometimes people avoid even saying the word. Not long after the ...