Pete Peterson

Pete Peterson is dean of Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.

Pro-Israeli demonstrators attend a counter-protest at Columbia University

Opinion

November 6, 2023

My ideas are best. So are yours, but how do we learn to hear one another?

Everyone thinks their ideas are best, so how to do we figure that out and learn from one another? Our future leaders will need to master this skill. Here's how they should do it.

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Opinion

June 7, 2023

These states are finding creative ways to support free speech on campus

A growing number of governors and state legislatures are funding new centers of teaching and learning on free-market economics and the American founding.